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WHO expands mRNA facilities to South Africa; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Access to Healthcare, Covid-19, Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, Medicine and Research, News, Newsletter / By Lalita Panicker

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday launched its mRNA vaccine technology hub in South Africa’s Cape Town, to help poorer countries struggling to gain access to life-saving medication. www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-officially-launches-mrna-vaccine-hub-cape-town-2023-04-20/ In 2021, the WHO picked South African biotech firm Afrigen Biologics and local vaccine-maker Biovac for a proof-of-concept pilot project to give poor and middle-income …

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Project NextGen to prepare for future pandemics; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Covid-19, Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, Medicine and Research, News, Newsletter / By Lalita Panicker

President Joe Biden’s administration said this week it plans to spend more than $5 billion to stoke development of better coronavirus vaccines and treatments to curb future pandemics. www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-new-us-coronavirus-research-lab-gears-carbon-cost-repurposed-accelerator? Like Operation Warp Speed, its predecessor during the administration of former President Donald Trump, the new program, Project NextGen, will rely on public-private partnerships, The Washington …

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Bird flu remains on watch for potential mutations; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, Medicine and Research, News, Newsletter / By Lalita Panicker

From thousands of sea lions off the coast of Peru to mink farmed for fur in Spain to grizzly bears in Montana and harbour seals in Maine, for months, the avian influenza virus that has been decimating birds across the world has also sickened and killed a menagerie of mammals, raising fears it might evolve …

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Chinese researchers release new COVID-19 data; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Covid-19, Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, Medicine and Research, News, Newsletter, Noncommunicable diseases / By Lalita Panicker

Chinese researchers released a trove of new genetic data last Wednesday that may offer fresh clues to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. They also substantially revised a related study they first posted online 13 months ago to include this evidence, which some scientists say gives more credibility to the thesis that SARS-CoV-2 could have …

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COVID-19 data regarding natural origin withheld? The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Covid-19, Featured, Featured Story, Government policy, Infectious diseases, International, Medicine and Research, News, Newsletter / By Lalita Panicker

The World Health Organization rebuked Chinese officials on Friday for withholding research that may link COVID’s origin to wild animals, asking why the data had not been made available three years ago and why it is now missing. www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/health/covid-origins-who.html? Before the Chinese data disappeared, an international team of virus experts downloaded and began analyzing the …

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More than 100 countries bid for pandemic preparedness funds; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Access to Healthcare, Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, Medicine and Research, News, Newsletter / By Lalita Panicker

More than 100 low- and middle-income countries have put in early bids for at least $5.5 billion from a fund that initially has only $300 million to spend to help them better prepare for pandemics. https://www.reuters.com/world/pandemic-fund-vastly-oversubscribed-more-money-needed-world-bank-2023-03-07/ The demand is a sign that pandemic prevention, preparedness and response needs more money and attention, the head of …

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WHO reviews risk of bird flu transmission; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Access to Healthcare, Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, News, Newsletter, Noncommunicable diseases / By Lalita Panicker

The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern about bird flu on February 24 after the father of an 11-year-old Cambodian girl who died from the disease also tested positive, raising fears of human-to-human transmission. However, officials say the father is asymptomatic. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/who-concerned-about-bird-flu-cases-in-humans-after-girls-death-in-cambodia/article66551833.ece The WHO said it was in close contact with the Cambodian authorities about …

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CDC votes in favour of mpox vaccine; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, Medicine and Research, News, Newsletter / By Lalita Panicker

Advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has voted in favour of the Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos vaccine for all adults at risk of mpox during an outbreak. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/988606?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=398271FG&impID=5194437&faf=1 The panel of outside experts voted unanimously in favour of using two doses of the vaccine, and finalising the interim guidelines provided by …

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Global Fund initiates COVID-19 Response Mechanism; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Covid-19, Featured, Featured Stories, Government policy, Infectious diseases, International, News, Newsletter / By Lalita Panicker

The COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) of the Global Fund has initiated the process to award US$320 million to various countries worldwide. Since December 2022, the Fund has awarded US$547 million in additional funding to 40 countries. The latest tranche makes for a total of approximately US$867 million. https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-fund-provides-us867-million-additional-funding-pandemic-preparedness-and-response At the tail end of a seemingly unrelenting pandemic …

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Bird flu, what you need to know; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Featured, Featured Story, Infectious diseases, International, Medicine and Research, News, Newsletter / By Lalita Panicker

Amid some of the largest bird flu outbreaks in recorded history, health officials continue to worry about the impact of the diseases and whether it could transmit to humans, USA Today reported. www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/bird-flu-outbreak-news-what-is-bird-flu-amid-largest-bird-flu-outbreaks-in-recorded-history-will-it-be-next-pandemic-101676189709614.html “There’s a tremendous amount of uncertainty about what is currently happening with bird flu and what might happen in the future,” the …

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