FDA Advisory Committee Discusses Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Safety, Efficacy Standards In All-Day Meeting October 23, 2020 News Summary Washington Post: FDA advisory committee debates safety and efficacy standards for a coronavirus vaccine “Vaccine experts on Thursday rigorously debated the Food and Drug Administration’s planned standards for clearing a coronavirus vaccine quickly for broad use, discussing what level of evidence would be sufficient to establish safety and effectiveness. The…
News Outlets Discuss Various Aspects Of COVID-19 Vaccine R&D, Availability, Licensing; Antibody Drug Access; Operation Warp Speed Leadership; Drug Shortages October 23, 2020 News Summary CNBC: ‘Learn to live with the pandemic’: Physicians warn that a vaccine may not prevent Covid from becoming endemic (Meredith, 10/22). The Hill: Azar says COVID-19 vaccine could be delivered to vulnerable people by January (Axelrod, 10/22). NPR: How Will The Limited Supply Of Antibody Drugs For COVID-19 Be Allocated?…
African Nations Plan To Roll Out Coronavirus Rapid Testing; African Export Import Bank Readies Fundraising For Vaccines October 23, 2020 News Summary Devex: Roll out of rapid testing could be a ‘game changer’ for Africa “African nations are planning to ramp up the use of rapid diagnostic tests as part of their national strategies for testing for COVID-19, according to Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization regional director for Africa. … This…
WHO, Wikipedia Announce Collaboration To Allow Free Use Of Health Agency’s Published Information October 23, 2020 News Summary New York Times: Wikipedia and WHO Join to Combat Covid Misinformation “As part of efforts to stop the spread of false information about the coronavirus pandemic, Wikipedia and the World Health Organization announced a collaboration on Thursday: The health agency will grant the online encyclopedia free use of its published…
POLITICO Launches ‘Global Pulse’ Newsletter To Highlight Global Health, Discusses U.S. Drawdown From Global Health Leadership October 23, 2020 News Summary POLITICO Global Pulse: A world without America “The New Global Health Order — The United States loves to talk about its exceptionalism in the world, but it’s not the leader in global health anymore. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization in the middle of the…
Trump Administration’s Efforts To End ACA Would Threaten Trump’s Vow To End U.S. AIDS Epidemic By 2030 October 23, 2020 News Summary The Guardian: How Trump success in ending Obamacare would kill Fauci plan to conquer HIV “In his State of the Union address in February 2019, Donald Trump vowed to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. But if Trump has his way and the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care…
More Than 140 Lawmakers Call On Congressional Leaders To Improve Pandemic Preparedness October 23, 2020 News Summary CNBC: Progressive lawmakers call on congressional leaders to prepare for next pandemic “More than 100 Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives, largely progressives, are calling on congressional leaders to take steps to prepare the United States for the next pandemic and mitigate racial disparities in U.S. health care.…
U.S. Signs Declaration Asserting No International Right To Abortion; LGBT Advocates Voice Concerns About Language Addressing Family October 23, 2020 News Summary The Guardian: U.S. signs anti-abortion declaration with group of largely authoritarian governments “The U.S. has today signed an anti-abortion declaration with a group of about 30 largely illiberal or authoritarian governments, after the failure of an effort to expand the conservative coalition. The ‘Geneva Consensus Declaration’ calls on states to…
U.N.-Hosted Donor Conference Raises $600M In Pledges For Rohingya Minority Crisis October 23, 2020 News Summary U.N. News: Rohingya conference pledges to ‘remain steadfast’ in finding solutions to crisis “A joint U.N.-hosted donor conference to rally international support behind Myanmar’s displaced Rohingya minority ended on Thursday with a promise to continue engaging with concerned countries towards finding a long-term solution to their plight. … The co-chairs…
KFF Provides Analysis Of U.S. Global Funding For COVID-19, Other Resources On Global, Domestic Aspects Of Pandemic October 23, 2020 News Summary KFF: U.S. Global Funding for COVID-19 by Country and Region This analysis examines the status of U.S. global COVID-19 country, regional, and worldwide funding to assess how much has been committed to date and where it has been directed (Moss et al., 10/23). KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker — Updated as…