How fast is too fast? In the driver's seat with the pandemic's peer reviewers
Checkpoints in the scientific system are put in place to ensure that research can be sped up in a safe way.
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Checkpoints in the scientific system are put in place to ensure that research can be sped up in a safe way.
SEMINOLE NATION / SEMINOLE — Alvin Lee has raised cattle outside Seminole for 25 years. Like thousands of Black farmers in the United States, he has never seen a profit.
Biden Is Currently Facing 3 Epidemics May 25, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden gestures during his remarks, as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on, before a signing ceremony for the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in the East Room of the White House on May 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. The legendary American singer Ray Charles crooned in “Georgia on My Mind” that “The road leads back to you.” And he was right. In November 2020, during the presidential election, people across the nation looked on to see Georgia’s ballots come in. And Georgia people delivered. Their votes confirmed then–Demo...
. The way in which the world has responded to Covid-19 has fundamentally changed ideas of what’s possible in vaccine development – but, regrettably, access to that scientific knowledge remains the property of a few drug companies and research institutions in wealthy countries. Covid-19 has shown us that the urgency to end an epidemic can be so great that billions of dollars in research funding can be found within months. It’s demonstrated that public institutions, universities, pharmaceutical companies and non-profit organisations can work together in ways we’ve never seen before to c...
updated: May 15 2021, 20:48 ist By Drew Armstrong and Josh Wingrove, Why isn’t the US sharing its extra vaccine doses with the rest of the world? America led the world in buying up the messenger RNA vaccines that have proven most effective against Covid-19. It’s now starting to lead the world in not using them. Across the US, there are more than 27 million unused Moderna Inc. doses and 35 million from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s led to calls by prominent public health voices to pack America’s surplus...