Editorials May 8, 2021
The WHO estimates that 25% of global deaths last week occurred in India, a death toll that exceeded 3,700 lives per day.
World May 7, 2021
Biden's vaccine-patent gambit turns up the heat on drugmakers
by Josh Wingrove
By supporting the World Trade Organization process, the U.S. president can satisfy progressives while engaging in talks on a waiver that may never reach consensus.
World May 4, 2021
White House backs Pfizer’s move to begin vaccine exports
by Josh Wingrove
Early U.S. production wasn’t subject to an export ban but was gobbled up entirely by the government, which used wartime powers to prioritize its orders.
World / Science & Health May 1, 2021
Risk from virus variants remains after first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, U.K. study finds
A single dose of the vaccine may not generate a sufficient immune response to protect against dominant new variants, except in people who have already been infected with COVID-19.
Commentary / World May 1, 2021
by Peter Singer
The issue of allowing advance requests for assistance in dying will become more pressing as populations age and more people develop dementia.
National Apr 30, 2021
Japan says Olympics must not burden regional medical systems
The games will be held in a manner that makes everyone feel safe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters.
Commentary / World Apr 28, 2021
Social capital: The overlooked variable to economic growth
by Edoardo Campanella
Social capital is the glue that holds communities together. Under the right conditions, such mutually beneficial social interactions lead to economic growth and better health outcomes.
Asia Pacific Apr 28, 2021
India's COVID-19 shortages spur black market for drugs and oxygen
Dire medicine and oxygen shortages mean boom times for profit gougers, although some young volunteers are doing their best to help people on Twitter and Instagram.
Commentary / World Apr 26, 2021
The pandemic will be more deadly this year — particularly for India
by David Fickling
The more people infected in emerging countries, the more opportunities COVID-19 will have to develop into fresh strains and prolong this death and misery.
National Apr 24, 2021
The health ministry has approved the use of baricitinib, a rheumatoid drug, for treating COVID-19 patients, making it the third drug OK'd for use against the virus in the country after remdesivir and dexamethasone. Baricitinib, sold under the brand name Olumiant, is currently administered to ...
National Apr 24, 2021
Japan panel OKs letting dentists administer COVID-19 vaccines
In Japan, only doctors, or nurses under the instruction of doctors, are legally allowed to inject vaccines.
Commentary / World Apr 18, 2021
Telemedicine will be great after COVID-19, too
by Virginia Postrel
By April 2020, half of U.S. physicians had adopted some version of telemedicine, up from 18% in 2018.