Environment

Caricom Countries Set Out COP26 Outcomes

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)ย โ€”ย The executive director of the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Dr Colin Young, says the consequence for Caribbean countries will be โ€œvery direโ€ if the delegates to an international conference in […]

Health

Pharmaceutical Firms Rake In Billions With COVID Jabs

PARIS,ย Franceย (AFP) โ€” COVIDย vaccinesย have brought billions of dollars to the coffers of pharmaceutical companies. Germany’s BioNTech, maker with partner Pfizer of the pioneering mRNA jab, raised itsย vaccineย revenue forecast for 2021 in its latest earnings report on […]

Environment

Don’t Bet On Eruptions To Lessen Climate Change โ€” Study

LONDON,ย United Kingdomย (AFP) โ€” Climate change could magnify the atmospheric cooling effects of once-in-a-century volcanic eruptions, but also lessen the impact of smaller eruptions, according to new research released Thursday. Scientists at the University of Cambridge […]

Health

WHO Mass-Testing Three Potential COVID-19 Treatments

GENEVA,ย Switzerlandย (AFP) โ€” The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced major international trials of three drugs to find out whether they improve the condition of hospitalised COVID-19 patients. Artesunate, imatinib and infliximab will be tested on […]

Health

China Pledges Two Billion Vaccine Doses To World โ€” Xi

BEIJING,ย Chinaย (AFP) โ€” China will “strive to provide” two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and donate US$100 million to the international vaccine distribution system known as Covax, President Xi Jinping said Thursday. […]

Health

Latin America And Caribbean Face An โ€œAvalanche Of Worsening Health Issuesโ€ If COVID-19 Disruption Of Health Services Continues, PAHO Warns

WASHINGTON, D.C (PAHO) –-The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted essential health services in most countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, threatening immunization of children and care of expectant mothers and people with chronic […]

Health

ECLAC Wants Region To Develop Platforms For Producing New Vaccines And Medicines

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CMC)ย โ€”ย The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) wants the region to develop platforms for producing and distributing new vaccines and medicines as part of โ€œa concerted regional health strategyโ€. […]