World Health Assembly: Focus on Pandemic Recovery “This virus is changing constantly. Future changes could render our tools ineffective and drag us back to square one. We must be very clear: the pandemic is not over, and it will not be over until and unless transmission is controlled in every last country.” Dr. Tedros ...
read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Despite the growing availability of vaccines in more countries and communities around the world, we are hitting several grim milestones. On Saturday, April 17, the world surpassed a reported three million deaths due to COVID-19 – likely a gross underestimate, according to experts. And just this week, ...
read more“Having a COVID-19 vaccine available for children is essential for our nation to end the pandemic. We need to apply the same urgency to vaccinate children as we have for adults.” Dr. Lee Savio Beers, President, American Academy of Pediatrics As COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands around the world (although inequitably), experts are hopeful that ...
read more“As the world deals with brand-new vaccines, trust issues like the ones that have arisen in the past week are inevitable. But we must be prepared to reassure people that they can have faith in the process.” Dr. Heidi Larson, Director, Vaccine Confidence Project While the COVID-19 pandemic is not likely to end soon, ...
read more“Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. Not when we are so close.” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Today marks exactly one year since World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a “pandemic.” On ...
read moreAs we approach the end of February, Black History Month in the U.S., we celebrate the rich culture and achievements of Black Americans. At the same time, we acknowledge the barriers to racial equity and the disproportionate toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black and minority communities. On Monday, February 22, the United ...
read more“The continued proliferation of variants remains a great concern and is a threat that could reverse the recent positive trends that we are seeing.” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) While the world surpasses 100 million reported COVID-19 infections, vaccine distribution is ramping up across the globe. In ...
read more“What we’re inheriting is so much worse than we could have imagined.” Jeffrey Zients, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator On Tuesday, January 26, the world recorded a staggering 100 million cases of COVID-19 – a figure once considered unfathomable. The number of people infected, ill, and dying continues to grow as countries around the ...
read more“We can start approaching some form of normality, but it’s really going to be dependent on the uptake of vaccines.” Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases As we enter the new year, optimism is increasing that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is within our reach. Nearly 70 vaccines ...
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