This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMore than a dozen U.S. researchers, physicians and public health experts, many of them from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were working full time at the Geneva headquarters of the World Health Organization as the novel coronavirus emerged late last year and transmitted real-time information about its discovery and spread in China to the Trump administration, according to U.S. and international officials.A number of CDC staff members are regularly detailed to work at the WHO in Geneva as part of a rotation...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMore than a dozen U.S. researchers, physicians and public health experts, many of them from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were working full time at the Geneva headquarters of the World Health Organization as the novel coronavirus emerged late last year and transmitted real-time information about its discovery and spread in China to the Trump administration, according to U.S. and international officials.A number of CDC staff members are regularly detailed to work at the WHO in Geneva as part of a rotation...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by You’ve seen the picture: exhausted travelers waiting to have a thermometer pointed at their heads.There are temperature checks at airports, screenings , people being stopped and examined while they walk down the street.Two months into this , with anxiety running high, many people are wondering: Shouldn’t we all be getting our temperature checked?The answer, according to...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by You’ve seen the picture: exhausted travelers waiting to have a thermometer pointed at their heads.There are temperature checks at airports, screenings , people being stopped and examined while they walk down the street.Two months into this , with anxiety running high, many people are wondering: Shouldn’t we all be getting our temperature checked?The answer, according to...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareAbdul Muktadir, the chief executive of Bangladeshi pharmaceutical maker Incepta, has emailed executives of Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and Novavax offering his company’s help. He said he has enough capacity to fill vials for 600 million to 800 million doses of coronavirus vaccine a year to distribute throughout Asia.He never heard back from any of them. The lack of interest has left Muktadir worried about prolonged coronavirus exposure for millions of citizens of Bangladesh and other low-income nations throughout Asia...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareAbdul Muktadir, the chief executive of Bangladeshi pharmaceutical maker Incepta, has emailed executives of Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and Novavax offering his company’s help. He said he has enough capacity to fill vials for 600 million to 800 million doses of coronavirus vaccine a year to distribute throughout Asia.He never heard back from any of them. The lack of interest has left Muktadir worried about prolonged coronavirus exposure for millions of citizens of Bangladesh and other low-income nations throughout Asia...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTORONTO — Canadian officials are defending a decision to accept coronavirus vaccines from a program aimed primarily at helping low- and middle-income countries, saying that drawing doses from the Covax Facility was always part of Canada's strategy.“Our government will never apologize for doing everything in our power to get Canadians vaccinated as quickly as possible,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said this week. “We’re focused on getting Canadians vaccinated, while making sure the rest of the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTORONTO — Canadian officials are defending a decision to accept coronavirus vaccines from a program aimed primarily at helping low- and middle-income countries, saying that drawing doses from the Covax Facility was always part of Canada's strategy.“Our government will never apologize for doing everything in our power to get Canadians vaccinated as quickly as possible,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said this week. “We’re focused on getting Canadians vaccinated, while making sure the rest of the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareChances looked good for the resolution of a years-in-the-making investment agreement between China and the European Commission before the end of the year. This week, that changed.In the span of days, reports of an gave way to news that negotiators had , as European officials voiced concern about forced labor in China and a senior aide to President-elect Joe Biden appeared to urge Europe to pump the brakes.China and Germany are pushing the deal, which would make it easier for European and Chinese companies to invest in...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareChances looked good for the resolution of a years-in-the-making investment agreement between China and the European Commission before the end of the year. This week, that changed.In the span of days, reports of an gave way to news that negotiators had , as European officials voiced concern about forced labor in China and a senior aide to President-elect Joe Biden appeared to urge Europe to pump the brakes.China and Germany are pushing the deal, which would make it easier for European and Chinese companies to invest in...WW…