Most countries of the Americas to reach COVID-19 vaccination target by end of year
Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Guatemala, and Nicaragua lag behind. PAHO to accelerate vaccine delivery to...
Evaluation of the relative virulence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants
Evaluation of the relative virulence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants: a retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada Abstract Background: Between February and...
Joint COVAX Statement on the Equal Recognition of Vaccines
COVAX was built on the principle of equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect the health of people all across...
PAHO Director reassures countries that COVID-19 vaccines are effective despite variants of concern
Washington, D.C., June 30, 2021 (PAHO) – Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne provided reassurance about the effectiveness...
People hospitalized with COVID-19 now have one thing in common.
In Minnesota, the HealthPartners system has seen a “precipitous decline” in COVID-19 hospitalizations, says Dr. Mark Sannes, an infectious disease...
Why so many Covid-19 variants are showing up now
Like any virus, SARS-CoV-2 has been mutating constantly since the beginning of the pandemic. Until November of 2020, though, that...
Vaccine Myth Busters: Dr Ramon Arscott M.D., Ph.D.
Vaccine Myth Busters Dr Ramon Arscott M.D., Ph.D. provides a detailed presentation addressing various fears and concerns regarding the Covid-19...
How effective is your mask?
What can you do to make your mask as effective as possible? As COVID-19 infections continue to rise in our...
Airborne Coronavirus Is a Threat, the C.D.C. Acknowledges
Federal health officials on Friday updated public guidance about how the coronavirus spreads, emphasizing that transmission occurs by inhaling very...
Single dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZenca vaccine reduces infection rate by 65%, study finds
LONDON — A single dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine drastically reduces the risk of infection in adults of...
PAHO warns against getting COVID-19 vaccines outside of official channels
Vaccines not procured through government purchases from certified providers and offered by authorized national immunization circuits are presumed to be...
On World Health Day, PAHO Director calls for equitable pandemic recovery in the Americas
The pandemic has driven between 119 and 124 million more people globally into extreme poverty last year. Fourteen years of...
Why you can't compare Covid-19 vaccines
What a vaccine’s “efficacy rate” actually means. In the US, the first two available Covid-19 vaccines were the ones from...
Jamaica becomes first country in the Caribbean to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
Fifteen Caribbean countries will receive just over 2.1 million doses of COVAX vaccines by May, according to allocation figures provided...
COVID-19 vaccine rollout expanded in the Americas, PAHO Director reports
“Nearly 2.3 million COVAX doses will arrive in at least seven countries in our region in the next days and...
CARPHA head praises Caricom leaders in covid19 fight
CARIBBEAN Public Health Agency (CARPHA) executive director Dr Joy St John on Monday praised Caricom heads of government for leading...
Countries in the Americas notified of first COVID-19 vaccine allocations through COVAX
Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2021 (PAHO) — COVAX, a coalition led by WHO and Gavi to ensure equitable access to...
WHO Guidance for SARS-Co-V 2 RT-PCR testing
Nucleic acid testing (NAT) technologies that use real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of SARS-CoV-2 Product type: Nucleic acid testing...
‘Nobody Sees Us’: Testing-Lab Workers Strain Under Demand
Laboratory technologists have been working nonstop to help the nation diagnose an ever-growing number of coronavirus cases.. In March, April...
WHO pre-qualifies COVID 19 Ag Tests
List of EUL products eligible for procurement: Instruction for Use (IFUs) Source: WHO...