The highest COVID death rate in the world is in Peru. How did that happen? : Goats and Soda : NPR

: Goats and Soda An isolated city on the Amazon illustrates why Peru has the highest COVID death rate in the world. One infectious disease expert called the country's awful record the result of a ... Read More

WHO ends global health emergency declaration for COVID-19 : Goats and Soda - NPR

The World Health Organization today lifted its Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. That declaration went into effect three years ago on Jan. 30, 2020. Read More

First global tracker of animals who caught COVID has gaps — but is still helpful : Goats and Soda - NPR

First global tracker of animals who caught COVID has gaps — but is still helpful : Goats and Soda Just as human counts are incomplete, so are animal counts. But the first worldwide compilation ... Read More

Dr. Atul Gawande shares USAID's top global health priorities: COVID, monkeypox : Goats and Soda : NPR

Dr. Atul Gawande delivers a speech in 2015. In January 2022, he became the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development's work in global health. Read More

Did the affordable, no-patent COVID vaccine Corbevax live up to its promise? : Goats and Soda : NPR

The inventors of Corbevax said it was cheap, easy to make, effective and safe. They hoped it could bring vaccine equity to countries that can't access costlier shots. Has it lived up to its promise? Read More

Could the world have reacted better to the pandemic? Report says YES! : Goats and Soda - NPR

A new report from the Lancet Commission sums up the many mistakes that have been made and offers proposals for a more effective global strategy if and when another pandemic should strike. Read More