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Everything you need to know about the G7’s plan to donate 1 billion vaccine doses

June 15, 2021

The G7 plan to donate a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries. Image: REUTERS

The G7 have announced their plan to donate a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries. However, some experts fear it offers only a small lifeline to the global vaccine…

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Five Things To Know About: Mixing And Matching Coronavirus Vaccines

May 20, 2021

The measure has been introduced by France and Germany for people who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine but are in age groups for which that vaccine is…

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Watch: Simple Test Shows Masks Reduce Droplet Spray

March 5, 2021

Eric Westman was one of the first champions of masking as a means to curtail the spread of coronavirus, working with a local non-profit to provide free masks to at-risk…

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A Vaccination Race Between Nations Can Have No Winners

February 9, 2021

In 2020, one of the world’s most pressing challenges was to develop a vaccine against COVID-19. There is no doubt that the astonishing human ingenuity which led to the successful…

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Why COVID-19 Won’t Kill Cities

January 29, 2021

For those of you who live in cities, ask yourself: What it is about your urban lifestyle that makes it worth it despite the pollution, the noise and the traffic?…

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How many people need to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to stop the coronavirus?

January 17, 2021

It has been clear for a while that, at least in the U.S., the only way out of the coronavirus pandemic will be through vaccination. The rapid deployment of coronavirus…

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How Has Our Urban World Made Pandemics More Likely?

January 10, 2021

Cities are hubs for business and innovation, but can also create favourable conditions for increased disease transmission. Here, we explore how urban life could make pandemics more likely. For decades,…

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PCR, Antigen And Antibody: Five Things To Know About Coronavirus Tests

January 2, 2021

We want technologies that are fast, accurate, have high capacity, that don’t require expensive, complex laboratory equipment or the expertise of highly trained people, but there’s nothing which fills all…

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Why It Matters That The Coronavirus Is Changing – And What This Means For Vaccine Effectiveness

December 31, 2020

A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom, with over 1,400 cases since September. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, generally accumulates mutations slowly over time, but this new variant…

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