This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rich countries are snapping up vaccines even before they’re ready, and it could mean fewer—as well as delays in vaccination—for billions in less wealthy nations, according to a new study.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the West, first responders are being overwhelmed with the scale of unprecedented and ongoing wildfires. In the Southeast, first responders are coping with one of the most active hurricane…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week, the world received some hopeful news on the COVID-19 vaccine front. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced that its vaccine proved to be more than 90% effective at preventing infection during preliminary…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pfizer Inc said on Monday its experimental Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90 percent effective, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than a million…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two large recent studies show that people hospitalized for COVID-19 in March were more than three times as likely to die as people hospitalized for COVID–19 in August. The first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recent polls indicate that more than a third of the country has concerns about a vaccine that in all likelihood will be the only reliable way to end to the…
An inclusive global economic recovery in the wake of a pandemic can’t happen without a public health policy approach to vaccine development and distribution. How do we get vaccines across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, especially young children. It’s also exceptionally dangerous to another at-risk group: pregnant women. Researchers have estimated that 10 to 20 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Funding to fight HIV among gay and bisexual men and transgender women is a fraction of what it should be, researchers said, with advocates blaming stigma for the shortfall. Gay…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, global partners achieved another major step toward a polio-free world. In August 2020, after four years with no cases, the African region was certified free of wild poliovirus.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 50 million children worldwide have missed their essential polio immunisations this year, after door-to-door vaccination campaigns were paused and medical staff redirected amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Training parents of children with autism spectrum disorder virtually about early behavioral intervention is an accessible and effective approach when in-person instruction isn’t possible, researchers report. The new study in…