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South Africa: Covid-19 Vaccine Trials Hold Key Lessons for Future Partnerships

COVID-19 vaccine supplies are available in various parts of the world. But it’s clear that distribution is not symmetrical. High-income countries have access to disproportionate quantities of limited supplies. Vaccine nationalism, stockpiling and profit-driven strategies of global pharmaceutical manufacturers have shown up global health inequities. More than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been

Lessons learned in COVID helping patients in France: doctors

With Paris locked down for a surging second wave of the coronavirus, doctors say they are now better equipped to save lives after learning valuable lessons in treating the disease’s first wave earlier this year. Philippe Montravers and the 150 doctors and nurses he leads at the Bichat Hospital, which was the first facility outside