global health

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Hundreds of advocacy groups urge WTO to waive IP rights to Covid-19 drugs and vaccines

First Opinion By Danjuma Adda

Hepatitis is still a silent killer in Africa and elsewhere

Health By Adam Feuerstein

Inexpensive steroids reduce deaths of hospitalized Covid-19 patients, WHO analysis confirms

Health By Andrew Joseph

First Covid-19 reinfection documented in Hong Kong, researchers say

First Opinion By Tolbert Nyenswah

The DRC needs an Ebola survivor program to truly quell its outbreak

Health By Helen Branswell

WHO launches independent review of the international response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Johnson & Johnson lowers the price of its TB drug in many poor countries, but is it enough?

Health By Andrew Joseph

WHO drops hydroxychloroquine from Covid-19 clinical trial

Health By Andrew Joseph

Immunity to the coronavirus remains a mystery. Scientists are trying to crack the case

Health By Andrew Joseph

WHO resumes hydroxychloroquine study for Covid-19, after reviewing safety concerns

First Opinion By Ashish K. Jha

Cutting ties with WHO creates a scientific and leadership vacuum

Health By Helen Branswell

Experts warn of dire global health consequences if U.S. withdraws from the World Health Organization

Politics By Andrew Joseph and Helen Branswell

Trump: U.S. will terminate relationship with the World Health Organization in wake of Covid-19 pandemic

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharma leaders shoot down WHO voluntary pool for patent rights on Covid-19 products

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

A pharma effort to work with European officials to develop needed drugs is a ‘failure’

Health By Andrew Joseph

WHO warns millions of children at risk as Covid-19 pandemic disrupts routine vaccinations

First Opinion By Jerry Martin

The growing global appetite for meat increases the risk of future ‘spillover’ pandemics. We can do something about it

Politics By Lev Facher

In combative remarks, Azar tells WHO that its Covid-19 response ‘cost many lives’

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

World Health Assembly draft resolution boosts access to Covid-19 medicines

First Opinion By Ara Darzi and Noubar Afeyan

A global pathogen shield: the health security step to ‘never again’

Health By Andrew Joseph

Doctors in Europe, New York report rare cases of pediatric inflammatory condition, possibly caused by coronavirus

Health By Sharon Begley

New CRISPR-based test for Covid-19 could be a simple, cheap at-home diagnostic, scientists say

First Opinion By Lakshmi Ramachandran

A service trip to Peru offers lessons for treating Covid-19 in the U.S.

First Opinion By Ben Cardin

Trump’s cuts to WHO funding: irresponsible, irrational, and simply wrong

Politics By Lev Facher

NIH Director Francis Collins on Tony Fauci, the WHO, and running a $39 billion research agency from home