Tag: Coronavirus

  Public Health

Opinion

  Face masks are still an effective way to help stop the spread of the BA.5 subvariant

Pfizer and Moderna have both recently reported results for their Covid-19 vaccines in the youngest children

A new generation of vaccines and boosters against SARS-CoV-2 may take a page from the anti-influenza playbook, with shots periodically tailored to target the most commonly circulating virus

Even taking into account people who have had COVID but didn’t know it, there’s still likely to be a group of people who have never been infected.

  Jason Hannan Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Communications, University of Winnipeg

Initial responses to threats are crucial to the peace and prosperity of nations. Did governments go too far with lockdowns?

Interview: Rama Sithanen

There is no going back to a pre-pandemic normal – only forward to a new one

  They want a fairer, more sustainable future

  Last year started out hopeful with the emergence of COVID-19 vaccines, but quickly proved to be a challenging year for governments and communities worldwide.

Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

Omicron may not be the final variant, but it may be the final variant of concern

  In places with low vaccination rates, Covid-19 has the chance to linger, and variants develop and travel. Without global vaccine equity, this entirely predictable pattern will repeat