Nurith Aizenman
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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New findings from Malawi suggest the country has entered something akin to the endemic stage of the pandemic — along with many other African nations.
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The program called COVAX was set up to make sure that all countries have access to COVID vaccines. Two key public health figures talk about what went wrong — and how to fix it.
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How did this new strain of the coronavirus evolve? Researchers are investigating various possibilities. One leading theory involves ... just one person.
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Wealthy countries keep buying way more doses than they need. New data shows just how much the stockpile of unused vaccine is growing.
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It's the first step in an audacious plan to solve vaccine inequity by setting up the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines across low-resource countries.
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She's had to flee Afghanistan for her life. And she's one of many whose experience offers a window into what the Taliban takeover may hold for the country's women.
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She's one of 110 girls in a boarding program run by the Veerni Institute in India. When lockdowns hit, they were sent home to their villages, where child marriage is rampant.
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The World Health Organization has reported a downturn after 8 weeks of increasing cases. But the good news comes with a large dose of caution.
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Vaccines may not be as effective for those who are immuno-compromised. Protecting them needs to be made a top priority, says researchers — to keep them safe and to slow the emergence of variants.
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African nations had been counting on Serum Institute of India for nearly all their COVID vaccines. Now the company says it won't be sending any more for months. And African officials are scrambling.