A Financial Times report says COVAX, the global collaboration established to ensure that poor countries have access to the COVID-19…
Category: Medical
White House Encourages All Those Eligible to Get COVID Boosters
The White House on Friday urged all those eligible in the United States to get COVID-19 booster shots to do…
Fauci Defends Coronavirus Vaccination Mandates
U.S. President Joe Biden's top medical adviser on Sunday defended vaccination mandates to combat the coronavirus, dismissing objections from conservative…
Medical Aid Groups Welcome Plans by Moderna to Build Plant in Africa
NAIROBI — Medical aid groups are welcoming plans by U.S. drug maker Moderna to build a plant for manufacturing vaccines…
US Donates 3.5 Million Pfizer Vaccine Doses to Nigeria
WASHINGTON — The United States is sending more than 3.5 million doses of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine to Nigeria, Africa’s…
WHO Recommends COVID-19 Booster Shot for Immunocompromised
The World Health Organization is recommending that people with weakened immune systems be given a booster shot of the COVID-19…
Cameroon Nurses Seek Extra Care for the Terminally Ill
BAMENDA, CAMEROON — Nurses in Cameroon are marking this year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (October 9) with visits…
WHO Chief: ‘No Country Can Vaccinate Its Way Out of This Pandemic in Isolation’
“The pandemic has destabilized societies, economies, and governments. It has shown that there is no global security without global health…
Aid Agency: Libya Arbitrarily Detained 500 Migrants in Raid
TRIPOLI, LIBYA — A major aid agency operating in Libya said Friday that it had reports that at least 500…
WHO: Most of Africa Has Missed 10 Percent COVID-19 Vaccination Goal
GENEVA — Fifteen African countries have succeeded in fully vaccinating at least 10 percent of their populations against COVID-19 by…