MoU signed between RIU and RCCI
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between ORIC Riphah International University (RIU) and Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI). The signing ceremony took place at Commerce and…
New York polio case stirs fear, vaccine push
When Brittany Strickland heard that the United States recorded its first polio case in almost a decade, she was “deathly scared” — the 33-year-old wasn’t vaccinated against the disabling disease.…
WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference and Covid vaccine
‘Last week’s WTO 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva concluded with pro-corporate, anti-worker, and anti-development outcomes on all major issues of access to medicines, agriculture, digital trade, and the future of…
WTO seeks fish, vaccine deals as war ignites trade tensions
The World Trade Organization will host ministers from across the globe this month with the aim of striking deals on fish and vaccines, testing the world’s ability to set trade…
Investors pan for gold in rush for coronavirus vaccine
With the race on to find a coronavirus vaccine, the biotech sector - from an investor’s point of view - appears to be the new gold rush, promising often giddy…
Fighting vaccine hesitancy
Rates of vaccination against Covid-19 are still disappointingly low in Africa, with just around 8 percent of the continent’s population fully vaccinated against the disease. And this average masks large…
Fearing supply shortfall, EU wants to buy more COVID vaccines
The European Union wants to raise more money to shore up its supplies of potential COVID-19 vaccines after estimating that the number of shots available next year around the world…
Covid-19 vaccine verdicts loom as next big market risk
Optimism that vaccines are on the way to end the coronavirus pandemic has been a major factor in this year’s U.S. stock resurgence. That will face a critical test in…
Vaccines, not spy planes: US misfires in Southeast AsiaC
For months, by Zoom calls and then by jet, Indonesian ministers and officials scoured the world for access to a vaccine for the coronavirus that Southeast Asia’s biggest country is…
Covid-19 vaccines in a neoliberal world
The first major outbreak of coronavirus happened almost two decades ago in the shape of SARs (severe acute respiratory syndrome), after which the virus continue to appear from time to…
