Top news of the week: 31.01.2023.
Ruth Link-Gelles, PhD
This report describes how a bivalent mRNA booster dose provided additional protection against symptomatic XBB/XBB.1.5 infection for at least the first 3 months after vaccination in persons ...
WHO Director-General's remarks at the 152nd session of the Executive Board
Three years ago today, I declared a public health emergency of international concern over the global spread of COVID-19 – the highest level of alarm under the International Health …
COVID flashback: Here's how NPR reported on the coronavirus at a turning point
On Jan. 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the "novel coronavirus" sweeping through China to be a global health emergency. Here's how NPR covered the story at that point in ...
JCVI advises an autumn COVID-19 vaccine booster
JCVI makes interim recommendations to government on the COVID-19 vaccination programme for 2023.
Biden intends to end Covid-19 and public health emergencies on May 11
President Joe Biden intends to end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, the White House said Monday.
What do we know about the adaptive immune response to covid-19?
As our understanding of covid-19 has grown, so has our knowledge of how the adaptive immune system responds to create longer term immunity to it. Chris Stokel-Walker asks what we know and ...
Covid-19: JCVI recommends autumn vaccine booster for the most vulnerable
The UK should roll out a covid-19 booster vaccine in autumn 2023 for those at higher risk of severe illness, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has said. In its ...
Communicating risk during early phases of COVID-19: Comparing governing structures for emergency risk communication across four contexts
BackgroundEmergency risk communication (ERC) is key to achieving compliance with public health measures during pandemics. Yet, the factors that facilitated ERC during COVID-19 have not been ...