Will the UK’s decision to offer an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine for under-30s, following safety signals, impact vaccine up-take, ask Pauline Paterson and Ed Pertwee The UK recommendation […]
Vaccines have enabled us to reduce and eliminate infectious diseases, including eradicating smallpox and nearly eradicating polio. Due to an extraordinary global effort, numerous covid-19 vaccines have been created and […]
Yes, we have failed. This was the short answer to the central question posed during a recent European Health Forum Gastein webinar to discuss the European Health Union Initiative (EHUI)—a […]
Italy is now facing a third covid-19 pandemic surge, exactly one year after the first one. But while hospital wards, emergency departments, and intensive care units are quickly filling up […]
The covid-19 vaccines—with defined mechanisms of action and dosing schedules—that regulatory bodies have approved for use worldwide have been a great success. [1,2] The vaccines’ effectiveness in preventing symptomatic and […]
The unequal burden of covid-19 is etched along ethnic and racial lines. [1] While the risks from covid-19 are now better established, mitigation efforts remain insufficient, particularly among more marginalised […]
Ending the covid-19 pandemic requires widespread, global vaccination, but vaccine costs and logistics present serious obstacles. Over 12 billion doses of covid-19 vaccines have been procured, and high income countries […]
Recent debates around “vaccine passports,” or formal/mandatory certification of vaccination, point towards a potential widening societal divide between those who are vaccinated and those who are not. Those with certification […]
Vaccine passports create a structural barrier to sustainable development, benefiting only the few at the expense of so many, say these authors […]
Bicycles are a healthy, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly mode of transport that India should invest in, say Sucharita Panigrahi and Soumyadeep Bhaumik […]
