Month: June 2021

It should worry everyone that experts surveyed by TIME regarded both increasing funding in a post-COVID-19 world for vaccine development and scaling up of manufacturing capacity feasible—but improving equitable vaccine distribution was not. To stop the next pandemic in its tracks we need to ensure that people all over the world are protected quickly, and … Read more

Preventing the next pandemic will require not only investment into infectious disease prevention and management, but a tectonic shift in our policies for global development more broadly. We are as strong as our weakest link, and the findings of the TIME survey must be understood through this perspective. Despite supporting the broad goal of zeroing … Read more

Over 115,000 health and care workers died during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a physician who’s cared for patients with COVID-19, malaria and Ebola, I’ve seen too many colleagues make the ultimate sacrifice on the frontlines. I’m not surprised experts responding to TIME’s survey ranked bolstering the world’s public health workforce, particularly in rural and remote … Read more

Executives from Pfizer and Moderna have said that data showing whether their vaccines are effective in younger children are expected by fall. View original article Contributor: Carolyn Y. Johnson

The American Academy of Pediatrics calls on parents to get their children up-to-date on shots before they return to class. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun

The drug, Aduhelm, a monthly infusion priced at $56,000 per year, was approved this week despite weak evidence that it helps patients. View original article Contributor: Pam Belluck and Rebecca Robbins

The number of vaccine doses administered to children dropped by as much 63 percent as stay-at-home orders were issued in spring of 2020. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin

The new drug approved by federal officials to treat Alzheimer’s disease has a Miami connection. A group of medical experts from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, including … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor: