The bubonic plague — also known as the Black Death — killed as many as 200 million people in the mid-14th century, about one-third of the population of…
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Last fall, the governments of India and South Africa asked the World Trade Organization to waive some provisions in a trade agreement governing intellectual property rights so that Covid-19…
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. Isolation. Job loss. Anxiety about getting sick. For all the disease and death…
After months of uncertainty and frustration, a World Health Organization program designed to ensure access to Covid-19 vaccines in dozens of low-income countries late last week received a…
Editor’s note: A livestream of this event will be posted below at 1 p.m. ET. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown what happens when we let our guard down…
Like the proverbial tortoise, a new analysis finds that while the pharmaceutical industry is taking steps to provide access to its medicines, it is doing so at a…
Social distancing/isolation is vital for infection control but can adversely impact on mental health. As the spread of COVID-19 is contained, mental health issues will surface with particular…
For the second time in two weeks, patient groups in India are raising concerns about a domestic vaccine manufacturer and its Covid-19 shot, which is one of two…
With Covid-19 vaccines beginning to be distributed in the United States and other countries, and with health care professionals more knowledgeable about the virus, there’s hope we’ll be…
In December 2018, when I set out to write about the global health issues the world should watch for in 2019, I noted it had been a while…