In the United States, black people are being admitted to hospital and dying in disproportionate
numbers from the covid-19 pandemic. The Trump administration acknowledged the issue …

Data from South Africa’s largest private health insurer suggest that omicron is spreading
faster than any previous coronavirus variant and showing signs of immune escape, with both …

The largest trial to date of treatments repurposed for use in the covid-19 pandemic has
shown that none of the four drugs studied produced any measurable benefit in mortality or …

South Africa, the first country to detect the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is seeing
an unprecedented surge in cases, lending weight to concerns that this variant may prove to …

The delta variant of covid-19 is causing an escalating crisis in Indonesia, two months after it
swept through India. Indonesia’s case numbers have risen sharply for the past month and …

While a vaccine for dengue virus was approved this week in Mexico and the Philippines,
dengue’s lesser known cousin the Zika virus has ballooned into a public health crisis across …

Levels of protection were lower than were conferred by vaccines offered at the end of spring,
the study found. Vaccine efficacy has declined since the delta variant became dominant …

At least 90% of people in 67 low income countries stand little chance of getting vaccinated
against covid-19 in 2021 because wealthy nations have reserved more than they need and …

Of the£ 11.7 bn that the UK expects to spend on its vaccination programme,£ 2.9 bn buys
vaccines, securing 267 million doses of five different types, according to the National Audit …

The increase comes at a time when the country’s second wave was thought to have peaked,
and raises further questions about India’s true death toll, which most experts believe is far …