Treatable diseases like malaria are still causing too many deaths in places with poor health care. To prevent these, accessibility must be baked into medical development. Read more
Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. health agencies, petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving. Read more
CDP Lower House lawmaker Kazuhiro Haraguchi has said that the drugmaker’s replicon vaccine is “akin to a biological weapon.” Read more
The health ministry and experts say concerns around “shedding” are unwarranted. Read more
The program mainly targets people age 65 or older. It began on Tuesday and will run until March 31 next year. Read more
Digitalization, hiring high-skilled foreign workers and increasing wages are among the steps that Japan could take. Read more
International strategies and domestic health care reform are inextricably linked, says health minister Keizo Takemi. Read more
China's vaccine developers stuck with unused mRNA COVID-19 shots and idle manufacturing plants are pursuing new targets for the novel messenger RNA technology, but they face a tough pat... Read more
On Jan. 15, 2020, a male resident of Kanagawa Prefecture in his 30s who had returned from a trip to the city of Wuhan, China, was found to be infected with the coronavirus, becoming the firs... Read more
Japan’s health ministry on Tuesday approved the first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine that works against the currently circulating XBB.1.5 sublineage of the omicron variant. Read more
