A year of pandemic and inequality
3 years, 9 months ago

A year of pandemic and inequality

Al Jazeera  

On the anniversary of the pandemic, we take stock of global health inequities during COVID. On the anniversary of the pandemic, we are discussing the Pfizer controversy, and taking stock of the global inequities from COVID-19. In this episode: Madlen Davies, global health correspondent at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Connect with The Take: Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Subscribe: New episodes of the show come out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The team: Amy Walters produced this episode with Negin Owliaei, Priyanka Tilve, Dina Kesbeh, Alexandra Locke, Ney Alvarez, and Malika Bilal.

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Lessons From COVID: What The World Needs to Learn to Tackle Future Pandemics
1 year, 11 months ago

Lessons From COVID: What The World Needs to Learn to Tackle Future Pandemics

The Quint  

The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics Getty Images Imagine it is 2030. An upgraded pandemic response to eliminate at source The process by which the WHO currently decides whether to declare a public health emergency of international concern has drawn criticism for being too slow. Elimination makes sense for other …

'Pandemic is not over': WHO's warning as Covid-19 cases surge globally
2 years, 9 months ago

'Pandemic is not over': WHO's warning as Covid-19 cases surge globally

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned that the world will continue to battle with surging Covid-19 infections and its emerging variants until all countries are covered with high vaccination. Until we reach high vaccination coverage in all countries, we will continue to face the risk of infections surging and new variants emerging that evade," said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom …

To pandemic or not? How TV writers choose whether to include the harsh reality
3 years, 7 months ago

To pandemic or not? How TV writers choose whether to include the harsh reality

LA Times  

In spring 2020, those in the “black-ish” writers’ room faced a conundrum: To pandemic or not to pandemic? But quickly the choice — a decision made in writers’ rooms across Hollywood — became clear: They had to work the ever-changing real world into the “black-ish” universe. We’re grounded in the real world, the world of current events.” “A lot of …

Pandemic 2020 review: Witness statements to a human collective failure
3 years, 9 months ago

Pandemic 2020 review: Witness statements to a human collective failure

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy I didn’t realise before I watched the …

What will it take to stay one step ahead of a mutating COVID-19?
3 years, 10 months ago

What will it take to stay one step ahead of a mutating COVID-19?

Al Jazeera  

As new variants of COVID-19 rage around the world, we examine how scientists are fighting to be able to anticipate them – and how this will translate into government policy at home. “What we’re not doing now is looking at how many people are going to the grocery store, or on public transport,” Cobey says – ie, epidemiologists still only …

Is there an end in sight to the COVID-19 pandemic?
4 years, 1 month ago

Is there an end in sight to the COVID-19 pandemic?

Al Jazeera  

US drugmaker Moderna says its vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective, widening the prospects of an end to the coronavirus pandemic. A second potential COVID-19 vaccine is raising hopes around the world. Untied States drugmaker Moderna says trials have shown its vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective against the new coronavirus. Presenter: Bernard Smith Guests: Dr Annelies Wilder-Smith – Professor …

Coronavirus pandemic: Winter is coming, get a new hobby
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus pandemic: Winter is coming, get a new hobby

Hindustan Times  

Howard Schultz once described Starbucks as a “third place.” Unlike home or work, both of which are full of obligations — dinners to be cooked, TPS reports to be filed — Starbucks offered pure relaxation: a place to sit and not do anything. And yet watching TV is how Americans spend more than half their leisure time — two hours …

Recordings reveal WHO's analysis of coronavirus pandemic in private
4 years, 1 month ago

Recordings reveal WHO's analysis of coronavirus pandemic in private

India Today  

As the coronavirus explodes again, the World Health Organization finds itself both under intense pressure to reform and holding out hope that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will reverse a decision by Washington to leave the health agency. Biden has promised to overturn President Donald Trump’s decision in June to cut off funds to WHO and withdraw the U.S. WHO has …

Six months of the coronavirus pandemic. What have we learned?
4 years, 3 months ago

Six months of the coronavirus pandemic. What have we learned?

The Independent  

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TV in the time of COVID-19: Why we flock to stories of pandemics and other disasters
4 years, 7 months ago

TV in the time of COVID-19: Why we flock to stories of pandemics and other disasters

LA Times  

Heroes can save the day on television as opposed to the uncertainty of actual crises. And while indulging in end-of-the-world scenarios might seem tasteless in the middle of a real-life pandemic, audiences actually began flocking to these topics as the novel coronavirus took hold: In late March, Netflix’s top titles included films like “Contagion” and TV series like “Containment.” Exactly …

Christine Baranski doesn’t think ‘The Good Fight’ can ignore coronavirus crisis
4 years, 7 months ago

Christine Baranski doesn’t think ‘The Good Fight’ can ignore coronavirus crisis

LA Times  

In the latest episode of The Times’ new TV podcast, “Can’t Stop Watching,” “The Good Fight’s” Christine Baranski spoke about whether the series, which is set in the real world and known for tackling timely topics, might handle the pandemic. I don’t know how, in the future, we are going to be able to ignore what has just happened to …

A Netflix series predicted a global pandemic. It was dismissed as ‘a show about the flu’
4 years, 9 months ago

A Netflix series predicted a global pandemic. It was dismissed as ‘a show about the flu’

LA Times  

Not if but when. It’s the rallying cry uttered over and over again by the doctors, scientists, humanitarian workers and public health officials profiled in “Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak.” Structured like a globe-trotting thriller, the Netflix documentary series follows dedicated men and women on the front lines of the battle against the next devastating disease to ravage the …

Past and future of Coronavirus Outbreak: Inside humanity's battle to contain pathogen that has paralysed the world
4 years, 9 months ago

Past and future of Coronavirus Outbreak: Inside humanity's battle to contain pathogen that has paralysed the world

Firstpost  

The COVID-19 pandemic is a once-in-a-generation event and while the response by policymakers has often been slow, physicians, scientists, and health-care workers have risen to the challenge. On 7 January, a new coronavirus later dubbed Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 was identified as the cause of the cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Before the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, virologists and …

Have Coronavirus Questions? Join A Live Interview With HuffPost’s Public Health Expert
4 years, 9 months ago

Have Coronavirus Questions? Join A Live Interview With HuffPost’s Public Health Expert

Huff Post  

Rebecca Zisser With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, our lives as we know them are changing by the day. Information about what to do and how to stay safe during the COVID-19 crisis is of utmost importance — and yet there’s still a lot of misinformation going around. With everything moving so rapidly, HuffPost has been working around the …

Coronavirus: Yes Minister scene predicted Boris Johnson’s reaction to pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Yes Minister scene predicted Boris Johnson’s reaction to pandemic

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A scene from British sitcom Yes Minister has gone viral for …

Pandemic: The World Health Organization says coronavirus is a ‘never before seen’ outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

Pandemic: The World Health Organization says coronavirus is a ‘never before seen’ outbreak

CNN  

CNN Films’ documentary “Unseen Enemy: Pandemic” airs Sunday at 12 am ET. CNN — The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza pandemic, sometimes referred to as the “Spanish flu.” The pandemic was estimated to have infected about 500 million people or one-third of …

Deeply concerned: WHO declares coronavirus outbreak as pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Deeply concerned: WHO declares coronavirus outbreak as pandemic

India Today  

The World Health Organization is describing the new coronavirus as a pandemic, it said on Wednesday, adding that Italy and Iran were now in the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them. We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterised as a pandemic, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference …

Downloads of a Pandemic-Themed Game Surge As Coronavirus News Spreads
4 years, 11 months ago

Downloads of a Pandemic-Themed Game Surge As Coronavirus News Spreads

Wired  

Interest in the continued spread of the coronavirus has had an unintended side effect for UK-based Ndemic Creations, makers of Plague Inc. At the same time, Ndemic notes that Plague Inc. was "specifically designed … to be realistic and informative, while not sensationalizing serious real-world issues." The company points to a 2013 CDC interview which highlights the online research that …

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