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AP: E.U. regulators move up Pfizer vaccine assessment to Dec. 21 “Facing strong pressure from Germany and other European Union nations, the bloc’s medicines agency on Tuesday moved up a meeting to assess the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to Dec. 21, likely bringing vaccinations a step closer for millions of E.U.…

Quartz: Has Covid-19 permanently altered the development timetable for other vaccines? “Creating vaccines, experts were careful to remind us at the beginning of the pandemic, takes time. It took two decades for researchers to develop a vaccine for polio, in 1953, and even longer to get a chickenpox vaccine, in…

The Hill: FDA endorses safety and efficacy of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine “A coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Moderna is on the verge of authorization after Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists found it to be safe and 94 percent effective at preventing severe cases of COVID-19. The evidence will be discussed…

World Bank Blogs: The silent epidemic Ousmane Diagana, vice president for Western and Central Africa at the World Bank, discusses violence against women and girls, and writes, “This silent epidemic must stop. We need to ensure that no woman or girl is left behind as we build a resilient recovery…

New York Times: New At-Home Covid Test Gets Green Light From FDA “The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued an emergency authorization for the country’s first coronavirus test that can run from start to finish at home without the need for a prescription. People as young as 2 years…

Devex: E.U. finalizes €500M boost for COVAX “The European Union signed over a promised €100 million ($122 million) grant and €400 million loan to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Tuesday, reinforcing efforts to ensure people in low- and middle-income countries have swift access to a COVID-19 vaccine. The money will be…

AP: A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020 “Almost no place has been spared — and no one. The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in memory,…

Devex: At WTO, a battle for access to COVID-19 vaccines “High-income countries appear to be maneuvering to avoid a showdown at the World Trade Organization’s General Council meeting, beginning Wednesday, over a proposal to temporarily waive intellectual property protections for all COVID-19 vaccines and other technologies. With the United Kingdom,…

Scaling Up Nutrition: Global leaders committed to address hunger and nutrition crisis “The Governments of Canada and Bangladesh, in partnership with the Government of Japan, [on Tuesday] hosted a virtual launch of the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action, setting in motion a year-long effort to address a global hunger…

KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker — Updated as of December 16, 2020 Data on country government actions in response to COVID-19 are included in the tracker (12/16). Additional KFF COVID-19 resources on the global situation, as well as those focused on the response and impact within the U.S., are available here.