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the drugmaker announced the program at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, and said it was aimed at improving health equity in 45 lower-income countries. Most of the countries are in Africa, but the list also includes Haiti, Syria, Cambodia and North Korea.

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Overview: Shanghai plans to end lockdown; North Korea; Automakers reinstate mask mandates in southeastern Michigan plants

Mon, 2022-05-16 10:20 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Shanghai set out plans for the end of a painful COVID-19 lockdown that has lasted more than six weeks, heavily bruising China's economy, and for the return of more normal life from June 1. Reuters Reuters

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Biden calls on world leaders to boost Covid efforts as U.S. funding dwindles

Thu, 2022-05-12 19:10 — mike kraft

Biden calls on world leaders to boost Covid efforts as U.S. funding dwindles President Joe Biden plans to urge world leaders to do more in the fight against Covid as the White House struggles to secure additional funding from Congress. YahooNews

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U.S. will share COVID-19 vaccine technology, Biden tells global summit

Thu, 2022-05-12 17:39 — mike kraft

U.S. will share COVID-19 vaccine technology, Biden tells global summit The United States will share technologies used to make COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization and is working to expand rapid testing and antiviral treatments for hard-to-reach populations, President Joe Biden said on Thursday. Ahmed Aboulenein Reuters

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Former Heads of State Urge U.S. to Commit $5 Billion to Global Covid Fight

Tue, 2022-05-10 19:49 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — A group of former heads of state and Nobel laureates is calling on the United States to immediately commit $5 billion to combat the global coronavirus pandemic, and activists are pressing President Biden to take a more forceful leadership role in the response as he convenes world leaders for a Covid-19 summit on Thursday.

“I want America to recognize that the disease is not over anywhere until it’s over everywhere,” Gordon Brown, a former British prime minister who is leading the push for funding, said in an interview Monday. He added, “We must not sleepwalk into the next variant.”

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U.S. to ask world for more on global Covid fight as its own cash dwindles

Mon, 2022-05-09 08:39 — mike kraft

U.S. to ask world for more on global Covid fight as its own cash dwindles Ahead of the summit, some officials worry the Biden administration’s effort is hobbled by a lack of additional pandemic response funding. YahooNews

The White House is hosting a global Covid response summit this week — but the U.S. isn't currently prepared to bring significant new money to fight the virus worldwide, according to two people familiar with the preparations.

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