Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic NYT: Science Apoorva Mandavilli 24 May 2024 at 13:57 Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems. Β© Denis Balibouse/ReutersLast yearβs World Health Assembly in Geneva. Member countries have failed to reach their goal of finalizing a pandemic treaty before this yearβs session begins on Monday.
The Disease Detectives Trying to Keep the World Safe From Bird Flu NYT: Science Stephanie Nolen and Thomas Cristofoletti 20 May 2024 at 22:00 When a child in a small Cambodian town fell sick recently, his rapid decline set off a global disease surveillance system. Members of a team from Cambodiaβs Ministry of Agriculture took a swab from a duck during surveillance of the poultry section of the Orussey market in Phnom Penh this month.
Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem NYT: Science Stephanie Nolen 18 April 2024 at 11:22 The company has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted to deliver this year. Β© John Wessels/Agence France-Presse β Getty ImagesOn the way to class in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The delayed vaccines means that girls in countries such as Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Mozambique who are now 14 will no longer be eligible for vaccination when these campaigns finally start.