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Science Daily

Universal vaccine needed to prevent future COVID-19 waves, study suggests

A model of COVID-19 dynamics in South Africa reveals epidemiological characteristics of the main SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and highlights their potential to cause further outbreaks.

09
Aug
2022

Cancer Therapy

Vaccination May Prevent Severe COVID-19 in Patients With Lung Cancer

COVID-19 vaccination does not appear to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with lung cancer, but it may prevent severe COVID-19, according to a study presented at the IASLC 2022 World Conference on Lung Cancer.

12
Aug
2022

NYTimes

U.K. Approves Covid Booster Vaccine That Targets Two Variants

Britain is the first country to approve the Moderna-made vaccine, which generated a strong immune response against both the original virus and the Omicron variant.

15
Aug
2022

The Guardian

Does Covid reinfection bring more health risks – or make you ‘super immune’?

A recent study states that Covid-19 reinfections could pose additional risks to people’s long-term health – as compared to only getting Covid once.

23
Jan
2023

VOA

WHO Urges Vigilance as COVID-19 Pandemic Wanes in Africa
The World Health Organization reports COVID-19 cases are continuing their downward spiral in Africa but warns the pandemic is not over and nations must remain vigilant.
08
Dec
2022

Washington Post

As COVID-19 becomes routine, Africa readies for next crisis
Building on the experience of battling the COVID-19 pandemic, African countries are strengthening health systems to prepare for the next health crisis, the World Health Organization’s Africa director said
08
Dec
2022

GAVI

How COVID-19 – and money, politics and colonial history – rattled trust in an Ebola vaccine in the DRC
An ethnographic study gets below the surface of false rumours that swirled in North Kivu after the pandemic landed, finding valuable insights beneath factual inaccuracy
08
Dec
2022

DW

The impossible task of calculating global pandemic deaths

December’s WHO calculations of excess deaths during the pandemic highlight a big, but largely unseen, problem in global health: Lack of proper mortality surveillance in half the world’s countries.

23
Jan
2023

News Medical

Researchers report a reduction in hospitalizations and deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infections during

In a recent study published in eClinicalMedicine, researchers conducted a serosurvey during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

23
Jan
2023

Nigerian Tribune

COVID-19: Recent study recommends comprehensive research on African traditional medicine

Result of a recent study called for comprehensive research on traditional medicine in African countries to prevent future COVID-19 pandemic in the continent.

22
Jan
2023