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Only a quarter of Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment orders will go to developing countries--Oxfam

Mon, 2022-11-21 17:22 — mike kraft

Just a quarter of Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment orders will go to developing countries | Oxfam International

Some nations could be paying ten times the price of Paxlovid’s generic equivalent, as WHO chief calls for treatment access to battle acute and long COVID-19

Rich countries have secured almost three times as many courses of a World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommended COVID-19 medicine, Pfizer’s Paxlovid, according to new analysis from Oxfam and the People’s Vaccine Alliance.

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Canadian hospitals strain to care for influx of sick chidren but are short staffed

Mon, 2022-11-21 16:58 — mike kraft
Canadian hospitals, strapped for staff, strain with sick children Canadian hospitals are straining to care for an influx of sick children, many with respiratory illnesses, in the midst of staffing constraints and as a shortage of children's over-the-counter medication sends more kids to hospital. Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters
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Financial and bureaucratic barriers in the United States hinder nasal spray covid vaccines

Mon, 2022-11-21 10:18 — mike kraft

Operation Warp Speed, the Trump-era program that poured billions of dollars into developing Covid shots, seemed to signal a new dawn of American vaccine making, demonstrating how decades of scientific grunt work could be turned into lifesaving medicine in a matter of months.

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China’s Guangzhou locks down millions in ‘zero-COVID’ fight

Mon, 2022-11-21 10:06 — mike kraft
China's Guangzhou locks down millions in 'zero-COVID' fight TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou locked down its largest district Monday as it tries to tamp down a major COVID-19 outbreak, suspending public transit and requiring residents to present a negative test if they want to leave their homes. AP NEWS

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RSV, covid and flu are pushing U.S.hospitals to the brink

Mon, 2022-11-21 09:31 — mike kraft
RSV, covid and flu push hospitals to the brink — and it may get worse Hospitals across the United States are overwhelmed, and experts believe conditions will deteriorate in coming months. Sabrina Malhi Washington Post
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Ugandan doctors face fear and shortages in Ebola outbreak

Fri, 2022-11-18 10:22 — mike kraft
Ugandan doctors face fear and shortages in Ebola outbreak When Ebola broke out in Uganda in September, 10 doctors immediately stepped forward to work in an isolation unit at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, but now only three are left. Tommy Wilkes,Elias Biryabarema Reuters

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Long-COVID clinics are still figuring out how to best treat their patients

Fri, 2022-11-18 09:44 — mike kraft
Long-COVID clinics are wrestling with how to treat their patients The clinics have popped up all over the country, but doctors still don't know the best way to treat these patients, whose symptoms can vary dramatically. NPR.org

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Pfizer/BioNTech's updated COVID shot shows strong response against BQ.1.1 variant

Fri, 2022-11-18 09:35 — mike kraft
Pfizer/BioNTech's updated COVID shot shows strong response against BQ.1.1 Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday their Omicron-tailored shot produced higher virus-neutralizing antibodies in older adults against the emerging subvariant BQ.1.1 than its original vaccine. Reuters Reuters

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Chinese city Guangzhou plans 250,000 COVID quarantine beds

Thu, 2022-11-17 12:21 — mike kraft
Chinese city plans 250,000 quarantine beds to fight virus BEIJING (AP) — China's southern metropolis of Guangzhou announced plans Thursday to build quarantine facilities for nearly 250,000 people to fight surging coronavirus outbreaks even as the national government tries to reduce the impact of anti-disease controls that have confined millions of people to their homes. AP NEWS

 

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Chinese and Indonesian presidents pledge more COVID vaccine cooperation

Wed, 2022-11-16 19:00 — mike kraft
Chinese and Indonesian presidents pledge more COVID vaccine cooperation Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indonesian President Joko Widodo held formal talks on Wednesday on the Indonesian island of Bali, with both leaders pledging closer cooperation on the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Reuters Reuters

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