Rwanda and Senegal will host Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine plants: What’s known so far
Only Tunisia, Senegal, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa have varying capabilities to produce and fill or finish vaccines
Vaccines to prevent antimicrobial resistance: Accelerate trials for priority candidates, says WHO
Over 60 vaccines against antibiotic-resistant pathogens in clinical development stage
Grotesque profits in the time of COVID-19
Vaccine equity goes for a toss as US recommends booster shots, while Pfizer and Moderna revenues soar by billions of dollars
How Rwanda is managing its COVID-19 vaccination rollout plans
It’s been over a year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. In an amazing feat of science and technology, a number of safe and effective …
COVID-19 vaccine update: People above 45 eligible for jabs from April 1
Ministry of Home Affairs releases updated guidelines for COVID-19 control
Pfizer withdraws application for Emergency Use Authorisation in India
The company will resubmit application after getting more data
Wealthy nations starved the developing world of vaccines. Omicron shows the cost of this greed
10 high-income countries will be sitting on more than 870 million excess doses by end of 2021
COVID-19 vaccine: Oxford-AstraZeneca up to 90% effective in late stage trial
Adenovirus vaccine can be stored at 2-8°C; company to apply for emergency authorisation
COVID-19: What will be a fair policy to distribute vaccine
No country is safe if only its own citizens are inoculated; the question of equitable distribution of a vaccine is as much a global concern as it …
COVID-19: Vaccine inequity persists as 2.8 billion people yet to receive even one dose
Low-income countries will also have to spend more to achieve 70% vaccination target
Vaccine hope
While Africa gets its first vaccine to fight malaria, India is still in the early stages of clinical trials
Ghana first to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine for children
Vaccine was up to 80% successful in clinical trials
India is preparing for another COVID-19 surge but low vaccine coverage leaves it vulnerable
So far less than 10% of the population is fully vaccinated
Simply Put: COVID-19 vaccinate the hare, vaccinate the tortoise
COVID-19 vaccines: African countries get very few doses at very high prices
Guinea, one of the lowest-income countries, has received just 25 doses
A granular look at UK’s COVID-19 ‘red list’ shows why it’s deeply flawed
Sudan is on the red list whereas South Sudan is not.
How do you vaccinate a honeybee? 6 questions answered about a new tool for protecting pollinators
Honeybees face many urgent threats, including Varroa mites, climate change and poor nutrition, which makes this vaccine an exciting new development
Nasal vaccines promise to stop the COVID-19 virus before it gets to the lungs – an immunologist explains how they work
While the exact mechanisms by which nasal vaccines work in people have not been thoroughly studied, researchers believe they work analogously to …
Year(s) of the virus: Things we must not forget
The sheer power of the virus, our collective callousness, the sufferings of the working class... there are lessons to be learnt …
When will we reach herd immunity? Here are 3 reasons that’s a hard question to answer
It’s important to acknowledge it’s difficult to pin down a single magic number for herd immunity from COVID-19
WHO allows self-collected samples for HPV testing
The revised guidelines also suggested DNA-based tests for HPV infection is better than pap smear
COVID-19 vaccines: India needs to rise
India has to work hard to defend its position as the global hub of vaccine production
Battling misinformation wars in Africa: Applying lessons from GMOs to COVID-19
Vaccine hesitancy was based mostly on perceptions about trust, importance, safety and efficacy, said a survey
Iranian officials squabble over toll as COVID-19 sweeps West Asia
Meanwhile, Chinese federal government to increase funds to local governments even as world races to develop a vaccine
Why we must celebrate India’s indigenous HPV vaccine
Widespread and timely uptake of the new vaccine will save the lives of many Indian women by targeting a highly preventable and treatable disease