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Even mild COVID can cause brain shrinkage and affect mental function, new study shows
Brain changes including shrinkage, weakened connections and poorer performance on thinking and memory tests could explain ‘brain fog’ after COVID – even after ‘mild’ cases.
“How long can I remain in isolation?” How COVID-19 vaccines helped reopen the schools of Kashmir
The response from students to a vaccination drive to re-open schools has been overwhelming.
What social media tells us about vaccine hesitancy
Government and scientific communications about COVID-19 vaccines are often discussed on social media, which can influence decisions to get vaccinated; here’s how governments need to use that understanding to better advocate for vaccines.
‘The biggest lesson we learned was to just ask’: 5 questions with the Aviation Coalition
Aviation links the world. The sector has been at the heart of the COVID pandemic, from adapting to travel restrictions to transporting vaccines and vital health equipment. Find out how a coalition of companies has been working together to support…
What is next week’s Gavi COVAX AMC Summit hoping to achieve?
The virtual event aims to raise at least US $3.8 billion from donors, as part of a wider US $5.2 billion package of support, to ensure that everyone everywhere has access to COVID-19 vaccines – here’s what those funds will be spent on.
How innovative finance helps close the vaccine equity gap
“Innovative Finance” has been working behind the scenes for decades, helping to raise billions of dollars for some of the world’s most important causes. But how does it actually work, and how is helping to close the vaccine equity gap?
Is the COVAX Facility ensuring equitable vaccine distribution?
A new study has looked into how effective COVAX has been in its central aim: reducing the disparity between rich and poor when it comes to access to COVID-19 vaccines.
Predicting a pandemic: How AI helped predict COVID-19’s twists and turns
When it was confirmed that animals, from white-tailed deer to red foxes, could contract and spread COVID-19, it dealt a huge blow to hopes that the disease could eventually be eradicated. For Dr Barbara Han, it came as no surprise.
"Flurona" co-infection increases the risk of severe illness and death
Worse outcomes for patients infected with COVID-19 and influenza highlight the importance of vaccination against both diseases.
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic means helping countries to catch-up with vaccination, not giving up
Like COVID-19, complacency can be contagious. Dr Seth Berkley argues that during a pandemic complacency can be very dangerous.
Protecting health on both sides of the zoonotic frontier: Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Ugandan wildlife vet Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka knows that pathogenic threats move both ways across the human-animal boundary – and that the best way to protect both animals and people is to bring public health and conservation together.
Did the COVID lockdowns work? Here’s what we know two years on
Research shows that lockdowns helped control cases in general – but that not all control measures had the same effect.
