Even with no existing approved vaccines, CEPI is already getting manufacturing and supply chains lined up in a quest to ensure coronavirus vaccines are distributed equitably around the globe

US President Donald Trump's announcement to end support for WHO is a reminder for the much-needed reforms in the agency's financial structure

A total of 2,104 patients were randomised to receive 6 mg of Dexamethasone once per day for ten days and were compared with 4,321 patients randomised to usual care alone

Coronavirus vaccine news: British pharma giant AstraZeneca said that it is on track to roll out around 2 billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine if the ongoing trials prove successful

Coronavirus crisis: The Prime Minister also highlighted to Bill Gates some of the initiatives the government has undertaken such as financial inclusion, last mile delivery of health services, and propagating the importance of cleanliness and hygiene

President Donald Trump said last month that he would halt funding to the World Health Organization, whose director general addressed the conference, over its handling of the pandemic

The Gates Foundation funds the work of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which produced a coronavirus model that predicts the US death toll through early August

Coronavirus lockdown extension live updates: From Tuesday, Haryana will restrict movement to satellite cities of Gurugram and Faridabad. Borders in Sonipat and Jhajjar have already been tightened

Gates's philanthropic organisation, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, last week donated $150 million towards the fight against coronavirus

The clarification follows \"misinterpretation\" by some media reports which have \"claimed\" that the guidelines of the ministry have prescribed penal actions against company directors and management if employees test positive for COVID-19 disease, the home ministry said

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is sinking the cash into an effort that is exploring new possible antiviral drugs that could protect people from the disease

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday that he is stepping down from the company's board to focus on philanthropy

The Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust medical charity are each contributing up to $50 million, and the Mastercard Impact Fund has committed up to $25 million for initial projects

The novel coronavirus that first emerged in China and has now spread to 46 countries is much harder to stop than similar viruses that caused the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Coronavirus: According to Jack Ma Foundation, the 55-year-old billionaire has earmarked 40 million yuan ($5.8 million) for two Chinese government research organisations

Speculations connected the cold shoulder given to Bezos to the editorial stance of Washington Post, which is owned by the Amazon CEO and has been critical of the Indian government

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has joined hands with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and CIIE.CO to invite start-ups and individuals to develop payment solution for feature phones

Any startup or an individual who will develop a UPI-based system on a feature phone, the NPCI along with Bill Gates' foundation and CII.CO, will give a reward of $50,000

The healthcare system would exclude those covered under the newly-launched Ayushman Bharat scheme that mainly caters to the bottom 40 per cent population of the country

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