Peter J Hotez – The Conversation

Cuba’s Finaly Institute, which is developing three ‘Soberana’ vaccine candidates for COVID-19. Yamil Lage/EPA

May 7, 2021

Cuba’s push for coronavirus vaccine sovereignty

Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

A transcript of episode 14 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including how people make their life’s biggest decisions.

Cuba’s Soberana 02 coronavirus vaccine is one of two in phase 3 clinical trials. Ramon Espinosa/EPA

May 6, 2021

Cuba’s race to make its own coronavirus vaccine – podcast

Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Plus, a psychologist on how we look back at our big decisions in life. Listen to episode 14 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Thanks to nonmedical exemptions, vaccination rates are falling in some states. Zodiacphoto/shutterstock.com

April 30, 2019

The counties where the anti‑vaccine movement thrives in the US

Peter J Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine

In 18 states, parents can choose to exempt their children from vaccines for nonmedical ‘philosophical’ or ‘personal belief’ reasons.

Tanzanian Seif Ramadhan is washed before being treated for elephantiasis. Khalfan Said/EPA

October 7, 2015

How 2015 Nobel Prize drug might rid Africa of ancient scourges

Peter J Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine

The drug that led to two scientists wining the Nobel Prize for Physiology or medicine has made a significant difference for those suffering from elephantiasis and river blindness.

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