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Opinion: Invasive strep A: bad in affluent countries, far worse in low-income nations

02.02.2023

The deaths of nearly 30 children under the age of 15 years from invasive strep A infections in the United Kingdom between September 2022 and January 2023, together with a …

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Coronavirus / Health

WHO extends public health emergency over Covid but signals end could come soon

30.01.2023

The World Health Organization announced Monday that the Covid-19 pandemic remains a public health emergency, but signaled strongly that it believes it may be able to lift that designation in …

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First Opinion

Opinion: How a checklist can help decolonize global health research

27.01.2023

When institutions in the United States and other high-income countries embark on collaborations to improve health or the delivery of health care in low-income countries, they do it with the …

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Coronavirus / Health

Is WHO ready to end the global health emergency over Covid? Maybe not just yet

25.01.2023

Three years ago, the World Health Organization declared that the mushrooming outbreak of a new coronavirus — later named SARS-CoV-2, the cause of Covid-19 — posed such a threat to …

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Pharma

The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying

25.01.2023

Emily was combing her baby daughter’s hair when she first felt the lumps. It was a week before Christmas, and her youngest daughter, Isadora, had been feverish and listless, unwilling …

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First Opinion

Opinion: The WHO’s new pandemic treaty is good for the world — and the U.S.

20.01.2023

In December, delegates from more than 180 countries met in Switzerland to discuss the International Treaty for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, which had initially been proposed in December 2021. …

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Health Tech

With Gates Foundation backing, a health tech company aims to speed diagnosis of some neglected tropical diseases

19.01.2023

As it looks to curb the spread of infectious diseases, the Gates Foundation is lending its support to an effort to use artificial intelligence to make it easier for health …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Leaders at Davos need to pay attention to the crossroads of climate change, health, and security

18.01.2023

As CEOs and world leaders gather for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, they might be surprised to see less snow out of the window than usual …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Another Ebola outbreak, another missed opportunity for preparedness

11.01.2023

When I learned that an outbreak of Ebola was declared in Uganda last fall, I had a flashback to 2014 when I was working at Merck and an outbreak of …

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