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Isaac Kaledzi (Accra)
COVID-19: African Scientists Say 'Mild Omicron' Could End Pandemic
25 Jan 2022
The rapid spread of omicron had concerned virologists. Now, African scientists are optimistic that the variant could mark the end of the pandemic and the beginning of an endemic.
Richa Chintan
Make WHO-Recommended New COVID-19 Drugs Accessible, Affordable: MSF
15 Jan 2022
US pharma giant Eli Lilly has the patent for Baricitinib, which will affect its availability and accessibility.
Seema Sharma
Wildlife Institute of India Comes up with Action Plan on Cheetah Introduction in MP
10 Jan 2022
Fifty cheetahs will be introduced in Kuno Palpur National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh in the next five years.
PTI
Desmond Tutu, 1931-2021: ‘We Can Only be Human Together’
27 Dec 2021
The anti- apartheid icon, in recent years, was also an outspoken critic of the looting of state enterprises and did not spare even the ANC.
Adrian Kriesch
COVID-19: South Africa Develops Own Coronavirus Vaccine
15 Dec 2021
South Africa is grappling with the fourth wave of the coronavirus, driven by the omicron variant. The country is pushing for more vaccinations — and for its own mRNA vaccine.
Associated Press
Is That How You Reward Science? By Blacklisting Countries? Says Botswana Scientist
04 Dec 2021
Sikhulile Moyo, a virologist at the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, was part of a group of experts that discovered the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Richa Chintan
Omicron: Ominous Outcome of Vaccine Grab
02 Dec 2021
The new COVID-19 variant is the result of vaccine inequality and the race for profit by big pharma companies through patent monopoly.
Newsclick Report
Human Rights Advocates Warn UK, Canada, Germany, Norway Govts of Legal Action Over COVID Vaccine Inequality
26 Nov 2021
Delegates from around the world are scheduled to meet to discuss and negotiate future rules governing the supply of COVID vaccines and other healthcare technologies at next week's WHO Ministerial.
Richa Chintan
TRIPS Waiver Proposal: Big Pharma Steering Discourse Away From Patent Monopoly
04 Nov 2021
At various global fora, Big Pharma and rich countries have been steadfastly pushing the focus toward supply-side bottlenecks of vaccines and unequal distribution of doses in a bid to steer the disc
Prashant Padmanabhan
On Nelson Mandela International Day, Recalling Mandela’s Life and Legacy
18 Jul 2021
“I consider myself neither legally nor morally bound to obey laws made by a parliament in which I have no representation”.