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The Hill: NIH halts study of Eli Lilly antibody drug for treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients “Federal researchers have ended a study into the effectiveness of Eli Lilly’s antibody treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients due to a lack of effectiveness. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is…
Devex: Opinion: The long shadow of COVID-19 on extreme poverty Shameran Abed, senior director of microfinance and ultra-poor graduation programs at BRAC (10/27). Foreign Affairs: Fighting a Pandemic Requires Trust Thomas J. Bollyky, director of the global health program at the Council on Foreign Relations, and colleagues (10/23). IPS: Good…
The Hill: White House science office says Trump ended COVID-19 pandemic as U.S. hits record cases “The White House science office listed ‘ending the COVID-19 pandemic’ as the top accomplishment of President Trump’s first term, even as the U.S. has set records for new daily infections and numerous hospitals across…
Human Rights Watch: Foreigners Living with HIV in Jordan Face an Impossible Choice Rasha Younes, researcher with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch (10/26). UNAIDS: COVID-19’s impact on HIV vertical transmission services reversed (10/27). UNAIDS: Key populations have suboptimal knowledge of their HIV status…
AP: Asia Today: India’s confirmed virus cases near 8 million (10/28). AP: France braces for possible lockdown as virus deaths mount (10/28). AP: Merkel seeks limited lockdown as German virus cases surge (Jordans/Grieshaber, 10/28). AP: Australia’s second-largest city ends 111-day virus lockdown (Ratnayake/McGuirk, 10/28). AP: Venezuelans brave COVID wing to…
Miami Herald: By not compensating Haiti’s cholera victims, the U.N. is denying their human rights | Opinion Olivier De Schutter, U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights “…In Haiti, cholera [originally introduced by U.N. peacekeepers in 2010] is now close to being eradicated, thanks to the concerted joint…
Devex: At the World Health Summit, global south representatives had a message for donors “Representatives from the global south used this year’s World Health Summit to send a message to their counterparts in richer countries: They have a vision for how to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, and while they…
AP: U.S. health official says pandemic clearly can be controlled “A day after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said ‘we’re not going to control the pandemic,’ a top Trump administration health official said Monday that Americans have already proven they can do that through basic safeguards shown to…
U.N. News: Catch-up, ‘get ahead and stay ahead’ of coronavirus, urges U.N. health agency chief “Global COVID-19 cases spiked to their highest level yet during last week, with many northern hemisphere countries seeing ‘a concerning rise in cases and hospitalizations,’ the U.N. health agency chief said on Monday, urging countries…
Bloomberg: Covid-Vaccine Developer in India Plans to Boost Capacity by 70% (Kay, 10/26). CNBC: AstraZeneca says its coronavirus vaccine triggers immune response among adults (Meredith, 10/26). CNN: CNN interviews chief of institute developing Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine (Pleitgen, 10/26). Financial Times: Mexico uses human trials as path to secure future…
