Skip to content

pharmaceuticals.co.nz

Drugs, medicines and medical news
Main navigation

Category: Infectious diseases, COVID-19

Covid-19: South African disclosures reveal secretive world of nations’ vaccine contracts

Documents detailing negotiations between covid vaccine manufacturers and the South African government show how drug companies pressured low […]

May 29, 2024 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

Pandemic accord: 40 former heads of state plead for progress

More than 40 former heads of state and leading global health advocates have urged world leaders not to […]

January 30, 2024 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

Covid-19: WHO adds JN.1 as new variant of interest

The World Health Organization has added a new covid-19 strain, JN.1, to its list of “variants of interest,” […]

December 21, 2023 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

How Botswana discovered the omicron variant

It was a day like any other—albeit at the height of a global pandemic. Monkgomotsi Maseng and her […]

September 26, 2023 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

Covid-19: Lockdowns and masks helped reduce transmission, expert group finds

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were “unequivocally” effective when rolled out in tandem during the covid pandemic and led to […]

August 24, 2023 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

How do we best use Paxlovid and other covid antivirals?

Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) is one of many oral antivirals that have been tested against SARS-CoV-2. Several showed promise in […]

August 16, 2023 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

Covid-19: “Panic buying” of PPE led to inadequate checks on private companies, say MPs

The Department of Health and Social Care was guilty of “panic buying” personal protective equipment (PPE) during the […]

July 19, 2023 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

Covid-19: WHO treaty on future pandemics is being watered down, warn health leaders

The World Health Organization’s new pandemic preparedness treaty is being watered down and stripped of the key stipulations […]

May 31, 2023 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

What are the latest covid drugs and treatments?

What are the best treatments for covid-19?Written in cooperation with the World Health Organization, The BMJ’s living systematic […]

May 3, 2023 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

Covid-19: Molnupiravir does not cut hospital admissions or deaths in vaccinated people at high risk, trial finds

The antiviral drug molnupiravir does not reduce hospital admissions or deaths among vaccinated high risk patients with covid-19 […]

December 23, 2022 Infectious diseases, COVID-19

Posts navigation

« Previous

Posts pagination

1 2 … 4 Next »
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Hive Lite by Pixelgrade.
Footer navigation
  • Privacy Policy