The COVID-19 pandemic exposed not only the fragility of global health systems but also the glaring weaknesses in disease surveillance…
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United States Rejects New WHO Pandemic Policies: What it Means
In 2024, the World Health Organization created a new set of amendments that intends to improve preparedness in the event…
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The Inaccessibility of Vaccines
Vaccines have been long hailed as being some of the greatest public health interventions for avoiding the spread of infectious…
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How “The First Wave” Exposes the Toll of Covid-19
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us were stuck at home, watching the chaos unfold on…
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When Politicians Play Doctor: How Political Interference is Undermining Vaccine Innovation
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) delayed the decision on clearing Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine, even though it…
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Equitable Distribution of Global Vaccines: Finding the Balance Between Equity and Efficiency
The distribution of vaccines across the world is a very difficult balance between equity and efficiency. The gap between nations…
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The Silent Spreaders: Asymptomatic Carriers in Pandemics
In recent years, the global healthcare community has been closely monitoring the phenomenon of asymptomatic carriers during pandemics. Asymptomatic carriers…
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A new outbreak of HMPV virus in China is on the rise
The last five years have proved that new virus outbreaks are nothing to scoff at. With the rise of Human…
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“Contagion” predicted a shockingly accurate COVID-19 pandemic, but how well does it portray epidemiology?
The 2011 film Contagion regained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic due to its eerily similar global virus outbreak. The fictional…
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