Top news of the week: 05.07.2022.
WHO Director-General welcomes ACT-Accelerator fair share contributions from Norway and Sweden
Contributions of US$ 340 million from Norway and US$ 300 million from Sweden will accelerate efforts to get vaccines into arms, facilitate access to new treatments and ensure health systems ...
World Bank Board Approves New Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR)
The devastating human, economic, and social cost of COVID-19 has highlighted the urgent need for coordinated action to build stronger health systems and mobilize additional resources for ...
Merck Covid-19 Pill Prescribed Frequently in Some Countries Despite Low Efficacy
Doctors in some countries, such as Australia and Japan, are prescribing Merck’s Covid-19 antiviral pill more frequently than Pfizer’s Paxlovid, citing a risk of drug interactions.
ERC Public Engagement with Research Award 2022 Ceremony
The three winners of the ERC Public Engagement with Research Award will be announced at a ceremony scheduled to take place at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF 2022) on Thursday 14 July ...
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 29 June 2022
On the flip side, hundreds of millions of people, including tens of millions of health workers and older people in lower-income countries remain unvaccinated, which means they are …
Immunity and infectivity in covid-19
### What you need to know Understanding how to assess and communicate risk of transmission and immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is important for all healthcare workers. The evolving evidence ...
Dental industry 'in crisis' in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
Dentist Meabh Owens says her next available appointment to carry out treatment is in September.
Covid-19: Canada outperformed comparable nations in pandemic response, study reports
Canada performed better than the majority of G10 countries in its response to the first two years of the covid-19 pandemic, a study has concluded. A paper published in the Canadian Medical ...