GENEVA – Major global drug companies on Thursday said no matter how urgently action is needed against the novel coronavirus, they will not cut corners and rush...
In order to effectively battle pandemics, countries need to work together. But what mechanisms exist to ensure that this cooperation is forthcoming? The COVID-19 pandemic has...
ANKARA – Potential successors of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have accelerated lobbying for the top post. After working for the country as the longest-serving premier,...
The debts of developing countries were at the highest level on record before the great lockdown. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the fiscal space for most...
Millions of Americans are counting on a COVID-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic and return life to normal. While one or more options could be...
A COVID-19 vaccine could be available earlier than expected if ongoing clinical trials produce overwhelmingly positive results, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease...
JAKARTA – Asia-Pacific nations convened the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) virtual conference to plan coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response and recovery to mitigate...
NEW YORK – Global deaths from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) surpassed 850,000 on Tuesday, data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns...
PARIS – French pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced Tuesday that it was halting clinical trials of its drug Kevzara for use against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Recent...
With next fire season already underway, the bushfire royal commission yesterday released an interim report. Its observations in the wake of our Black Summer suggest the...