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Pandemics and prejudice: When there is an epidemic, social prejudices resurface

Diseases don’t care for race or class. But they continue to be pinned to race, gender, sexual preference and geography In the early 1900s in New York, a strange event took place in the upscale enclaves of Long Island. Many of its denizens began to mysteriously contract typhoid. The emergence of a

Governments, private sector and health leaders to ensure everyone can access new vaccines, and treatments for COVID-19

Heads of state and global health leaders today made an commitment to work together to accelerate the development and production of new vaccines, tests and treatments for COVID-19 and assure equitable access worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has already affected more than 2.4 million people, killing o

Fixing the WHO

Joel Negin Like other United Nations bodies, the WHO has always been a political beast. It is funded by and given its power by member states and therefore has always been beholden to the political machinations of individual countries and power blocks. Donald Trump’s sharp criticism of the World He

‘It’s Not Over Until It’s Over’: 5 Things To Know About Hitting The COVID-19 Peak

Phil Galewitz Health experts say not to expect a single peak day — when new cases reach their highest level — to determine when the tide has turned. As with any disease, the numbers need to decline for at least a week to discern any real trend. As New York, California and other states begin [&he

Mizuho, World’s 9th Largest Fossil Fuel Financier Restricts Coal Financing

Mizuho Financial Group (Mizuho) announced its new policy on coal financing on April 15 , drawing a  bittersweet reception from climate activists across Asia. Mixed reactions on this announcement come hot on the heels of Japan’s recent announcement of its updated Nationally Determined Contributi

Waste management an essential public service in the fight to beat COVID-19

With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continuing to spread and its impacts upon human health and the economy intensifying day-by-day, governments are urged to treat waste management, including of medical, household and other hazardous waste, as an urgent and essential public service in or

Rich countries ‘raiding’ developing world’s nurses

Fiona Broom Rich countries are ‘raiding’ nurses from their lower-income neighbours, a global nursing organisation says, leaving parts of the global South with less than 900 nurses for every one million people. The first-ever State of the World’s Nursing report, timed to coincide with World Hea

In India, fight against corona is a fight for water, against inequality

In the country, 7 percent of the population are without even a basic water supply close to home.  About 81 percent rural Indians don’t have a tap connection at home. Indians woke up very late to the threat of corona pandemic, in the first week of March. The first thing that people were advised to

Public Calls for Governments to Close Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Markets

A WWF public survey in South East Asian countries show that an overwhelming majority support closure of wildlife markets which are mostly illegal This World Health Day, as the world grapples with the worst public health emergency in recent memory, over 90 percent of respondents surveyed in Southeast

Drug companies should drop their patents and collaborate to fight coronavirus

Enrico Bonadio, City, University of London and Andrea Baldini, Nanjing University As the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim victims around the world, the race is on to produce the right medicines to fight it. This includes developing a vaccine to stop people from falling ill in the first place,

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