Vaccines
Nigeria CDC has confirmed 21 monkeypox cases this year
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year with one death reported,...
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First steps in reforming global health emergency rules adopted at WHO meeting – U.S
GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries around the world on Saturday adopted an initial U.S.-led reform of the rules around disease outbreaks,...
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First steps in reforming global health emergency rules agreed at WHO meeting – sources
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries have agreed to an initial U.S.-led push to reform of the rules around...
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N.Korea stockpiled Chinese masks, vaccines before reporting COVID-19 outbreak
By Stella Qiu, Ellen Zhang and Josh Smith BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - In the months before it acknowledged its first official...
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Explainer-What is on (and off) the agenda of the WHO Assembly?
By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA (Reuters) - Hundreds of health ministers and diplomats from around the world meet...
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Pfizer to sell all its patented drugs at nonprofit price in low-income countries
By Michael Erman (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc will make all of its patented medicines including COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid and big-selling...
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Denmark gets monkeypox vaccines from the Netherlands, aims to buy more
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will receive 200 monkeypox vaccines from the Netherlands this week and is working on buying thousands...
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Germany orders 40,000 vaccine doses as precaution against monkeypox spread
By Ludwig Burger and Riham Alkousaa (Reuters) -Germany has ordered 40,000 doses of a Bavarian Nordic vaccine to be ready...
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NGOs urge Biden to push for changes to WTO’s COVID waiver text
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oxfam America, Partners in Health and other civil society groups urged U.S. President Joe...
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Indian vaccine giant Serum plans African plant in global expansion
By Aditya Kalra DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's biggest vaccine maker, is considering...
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South Korea to call at Davos for COVID aid for North – envoy
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will issue a call this week at the World Economic Forum for...
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Pfizer/BioNTech say 3 COVID shots elicit good response in children under 5
By Michael Erman (Reuters) -Drugmakers Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Monday that three doses of their COVID-19 vaccine...
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Fate of ancient Athens guides WHO at gathering to plan for next pandemic
By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization...
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When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn’t get them. Now they don’t want them
By Edward McAllister and Cooper Inveen DAKAR/ACCRA (Reuters) - It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber...
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From storage to transport, hurdles to getting COVID vaccine to N.Koreans
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) - As North Korea battles its first known COVID outbreak, a lack of storage, chronic...
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Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-shut businesses, Beijing battles on
By Brenda Goh and Tony Munroe SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair...
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N.Korea gets offers of aid to fight COVID as it lacks vaccines
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is facing its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak with no...
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Explainer-How N.Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis
By Soo-hyang Choi and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's admission that it is battling an "explosive" COVID-19 outbreak...
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U.S. says has no current plans to share COVID-19 vaccines with North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no current plans to share vaccines with North Korea, a spokesperson for the...
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Analysis-Test, test, test? Scientists question costly mass COVID checks
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jennifer Rigby COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) - For many people worldwide, having cotton swabs thrust up their nose...
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