A woman looks at the “Naming the Lost Memorials,” as the U.S. deaths from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are expected to surpass 600,000, at The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 10, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The U.S. hit another grim milestone in the pandemic Tuesday, reaching more than 600,000 Covid fatalities […]
The omicron BA.2 subvariant is inherently more contagious and better at evading vaccines than any other Covid strain, but vaccinated people don’t transmit it as easily as the unvaccinated, according to a Danish study published Sunday. The new subvariant, which has rapidly become dominant in Denmark, spread more easily across all groups regardless of sex, […]
The world faces a major shortage of Covid-19 vaccines, and waiving intellectual property rights won’t address the “most immediate problem,” says the global CEO of an Indian pharmaceutical firm. “I’m not so sure that an IP waiver at this stage is something that can … solve an immediate problem,” said Umang Vohra of Cipla, who […]
