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Medics March to WHO Headquarters in Climate Campaign
The activists handed Tedros a letter and a large hourglass, the symbol of Extinction Rebellion which wants to prompt a wider revolt to avert the worst
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Climate Activist Joins WHO in Calling Out Vaccine Inequities
Greta Thunberg says 1 in more than 500 people in poor counties received vaccine, compared with 1 in 4 in rich countries
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WHO: Africa Left Behind in Race for COVID-19 Vaccine
World Health Organization says Africa's rollout of COVID-19 vaccine is being hampered by supply shortages and delays in planned deliveries
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WHO Recommends AstraZeneca Vaccine in African Countries Fighting Variant COVID-19 Strain
WHO says vaccine can save lives and should be used
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US Changes Vaccine Strategy, WHO Says Herd Immunity Will Not Be Achieved in 2021
The US is releasing millions of doses to target those 65 or older or with underlying conditions
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George Blake: The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold
George Blake, who died Saturday in Moscow aged 98, was a British Cold War spy and Soviet double agent who spent half his life in Russia after dramatic
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WHO: Equitable, Global Distribution of 2 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Begin in 2021
Funding shortfall could stop COVAX effort to bring vaccines to poorest nations
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Developing Nations Could Lose Out in Race for Coronavirus Vaccine
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine must be stored at minus 80 degrees Celsius
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China Joins WHO Initiative to Distribute COVID Vaccine to Developing Countries
But US and Russia have not joined international plan
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WHO Official Urges Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine in Africa
In this interconnected world it would be short-sighted of wealthy countries to keep vaccine supplies for themselves because no one is safe until every
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WHO in Talks With Russia About New Vaccine
Spokesman says "rigorous review and assessment needed" for prequalification of any vaccine
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Debate Begins for Who's First in Line for COVID-19 Vaccine
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health tossed new ideas into the mix: consider geography and give priority to people where
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WHO Warns It is Running Out of Money to Tackle Ebola Epidemic in DRC
WHO is urgently appealing for $40 million to salvage its operation to bring the Ebola epidemic to an end in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo