Dr. Atul Gawande, a renowned surgeon and global health leader at USAID, talks with The World’s host Marco Werman about plummeting resources in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brazil’s COVID vaccination campaign picks up thanks to a 1980s public health mascot
Biolyse’s unconventional move to try to produce single-dose COVID-19 vaccines adds to a fierce global debate about who controls vaccine knowledge and production in a pandemic.
North Korea to reopen its borders for the coronavirus vaccine
The pandemic appears to have further cut off North Korea from the rest of the world. But now, the country is set to receive nearly 2 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine through the COVAX program.
Serbia lets people choose their COVID-19 vaccine. Some call it a ‘political ballot.’
Although some Serbians see it as a big win for the country — and a rare victory at that — others are critical of what they see as the politicization of vaccines.
France launches citizens’ collective to tackle widespread vaccine hesitancy
To boost the public’s confidence, the French government is putting power in the hands of everyday citizens in the form of a 35-person collective — selected at random — to help oversee the country’s vaccine rollout.
How India’s Serum Institute became a COVID-19 vaccine powerhouse
As the world’s largest maker of low-cost vaccines, the institute finds itself in the middle of an uphill battle to vaccinate the world against COVID-19.
