‘Bittersweet’: Fauci will leave US government, excited for what comes next
WASHINGTON — Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top infectious disease expert who in his effort to lead the response to COVID-19 became one of the most divisive public health figures in recent memory,...
View ArticleNeglect this silent pandemic at your peril
The global crisis of COVID-19 has shown world leaders the danger posed by rapid spread of infectious disease. As the world grapples with COVID-19, another, silent pandemic is looming –antimicrobial...
View ArticleWe’ve been on the frontlines for HIV/AIDS. Here’s How to fight Monkeypox.
Dr. Hans Kluge is the regional director of the World Health Organization/Europe. Dr. Anthony S. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Amid the ongoing...
View ArticleBiden says US would defend Taiwan if China invades
President Joe Biden said “the pandemic is over” in discussing Covid during an interview that aired on Sunday evening on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” “The pandemic is over,” the president told Scott Pelley as...
View ArticleBiden admin unveils new pandemic preparedness and biodefense strategy
President Joe Biden is expected to sign a national security memorandum Tuesday that aims to ensure the U.S. is ready to detect and respond to the next large-scale viral or biological threat. The memo...
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Who killed the COVID vaccine waiver?
INVESTIGATION Who killed the COVID vaccine waiver? The inside story of how lobbying, threats and the desire to protect industry gutted a proposal that was meant to make vaccines widely available in...
View ArticleBiden administration reacts with caution to China protests
The Biden administration is responding cautiously to weekend protests across China, reflecting in part a U.S. desire to stabilize a vital but increasingly adversarial relationship with Beijing. There...
View ArticleIn 2023 G20 and G7 must empower nations to build universal health coverage
2023 will be a pivotal year in determining whether there is the political will to learn the lessons from the COVID pandemic and build resilient health systems. With over 15 million deaths from COVID...
View ArticleWHO: Don’t assume bird flu risk to humans will remain low
The recent spillover of bird flu to mammals has led the World Health Organization to warn that while the risk to humans currently remains low, it cannot be assumed that this will remain the case. WHO...
View ArticleWHO COVID origins investigation is ‘stymied’
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 has stalled due to ongoing difficulties in collaborating with China. The theory that COVID-19 was leaked from a lab...
View ArticleBelgium’s strict COVID measures constitutional, can be used in future...
BRUSSELS — The law Belgium passed to handle the coronavirus pandemic is constitutional and could “serve as a legal basis in the event of possible future pandemics,” the Belgian Constitutional Court...
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Waiting in the wings: Why bird flu vaccines are a game-time decision
Sometimes, you can’t see a pandemic coming. But sometimes you can. While COVID-19 took the world by surprise, experts are keeping their eye on other potential outbreaks and right now there’s one prime...
View ArticleWHO: Raccoon dog data give clues to COVID origin — but no definitive answer
New Chinese data on genetic samples taken in the Wuhan market in China in 2020 don’t provide a definitive answer as to how the COVID-19 pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday,...
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Health systems across Europe need accurate diagnostics and increased capacity
Most regions of the world continue to grapple — nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic — with how best to manage and reduce the ongoing threat of a lingering SARS-COV-2, as well as other agents...
View ArticleThe pandemic is over, says German health minister
BERLIN — The COVID-19 pandemic is over in Germany, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said Wednesday. Lauterbach, an epidemiologist, said at a press conference he made this assessment based on looking at...
View ArticleEU excess deaths back to pre-pandemic levels
For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no excess deaths in the EU, according to data from February. While the figure is an average across all EU countries and there...
View ArticlePoland calls out Pfizer over vaccine glut
Poland has sent a public letter to Pfizer shareholders calling on the U.S. pharma giant to renegotiate its COVID-19 vaccines contract with the EU, marking an escalation in the ongoing dispute over...
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How countries are throwing away their best chance to prevent the next pandemic
It’s meant to be a legally binding deal that could prevent the next pandemic. Originally proposed by European Council President Charles Michel in the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the aim is to...
View ArticleEx-UK health chief blames WHO for Britain’s lack of pandemic planning
LONDON — Britain’s former health secretary said the U.K. would have been more prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic if the government had not been reassured by the World Health Organization (WHO) that...
View ArticleScientists pinpoint gene that protects humans from bird flu
BTN3A3 — its name is a mouthful but this gene may be the reason you’ve never contracted bird flu. Researchers from the University of Glasgow have discovered the BTN3A3 gene in humans helps to stop the...
View ArticleEU buys vaccine capacity to prepare for next pandemic
The European Commission has signed a contract with a group of four vaccine producers to reserve vaccine manufacturing capacity in case of future outbreaks of disease, the EU executive announced...
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Make medicines affordable — without going to court
Tom Buis is a medicines policy expert for the NGO Wemos. Wilbert Bannenberg is chairman of the Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation. Earlier this year, the Dutch Pharmaceutical Accountability...
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EU trade deals risk affordability of generic medicines for Global South
Ban Ki-Moon is the 8th U.N. secretary-general and Club de Madrid honorary member. Winnie Byanyima is the executive director of UNAIDS. India has long been known as the “pharmacy of the world,”...
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How Silicon Valley doomers are shaping Rishi Sunak’s AI plans
LONDON — Back in the spring, Britain was sounding pretty relaxed about the rise of AI. Then something changed. The country’s artificial intelligence white paper — unveiled in March — dealt with the...
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Why dengue in Europe could spell disaster for the rest of the world
In the early morning of the last day of August, Parisians experienced for the first time a practice normally confined to tropical regions — authorities fumigating the city against the tiger mosquito....
View ArticleBoris Johnson called Rishi Sunak’s Treasury a ‘pro-death squad,’ COVID...
LONDON — Boris Johnson joked that the U.K. Treasury was a “pro-death squad” as he pushed to ease coronavirus restrictions, the country’s official COVID-19 inquiry heard. Extracts from the...
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How to kill a pandemic treaty
GENEVA — At a mountaintop retreat above Lake Geneva in Switzerland in March, a collection of international negotiators gathered under the leadership of a Jordanian prince. The idea wasn’t just to...
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