Health

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The Covax vaccine programme secured another $2.4 billion from donors on Wednesday, but said it was still struggling to get enough doses to help poorer countries fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme is […]

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use — the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light. The UN health agency signed off […]

(CMC)— The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa Etienne Wednesday warned that continued disruption of women’s health services due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could “obliterate” more than 20 years of […]

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Prevention is better than cure — but when it comes to COVID, what happens when people can’t get the vaccine, don’t want it, or they’re immune suppressed and it fails […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Two vaccines made by China’s Sinopharm appear safe and effective against COVID-19, according to a study published in a medical journal. Scientists had been waiting for more details about the two […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Small island developing states (SIDS) like those in the Caribbean have the capacity to find solutions and rebound from the effects of climate change through resilience building, says Minister of Maritime […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — The world may temporarily breach the 1.5-Celsius warming mark within the next five years, according to an updated assessment of global climate trends released Thursday. The World Meterological Organization and Britain’s Met Office […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi and Britain’s GSK announced Thursday the start of final tests of their belated COVID vaccine as they race to add their jab to the world’s arsenal against the pandemic. […]