COVID infections are rising again as the Omicron variant emerges in nearly 20 countries

WHO calls for global moratorium on COVID boosters until end of September

Enlarge / WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for a global moratorium on countries offering third doses—booster shots—of COVID-19 vaccines to their general populations until at least the end of September. The call comes in light of the vast inequity in vaccine distribution worldwide, with high-income countries gobbling up […]

White House-CDC Worries Burst as Trump contradicts its Direction

Expand / US President Donald Trump talks during a press conference where he regularly contradicted his own wellness specialists. (charge: Bloomberg/Getty Pictures ) There was great news then terrible news for public health experience. In the aftermath of increasingly unhinged behaviour in the Trump-appointed communications manager in the US Department of Health and Human Services,” […]

The pandemic is hurting female scientists—that’s bad news for all of us

Since the onset of the pandemic, women have published fewer papers, led fewer clinical trials, and gotten less recognition for their expertise. Read More