STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Gates is ‘dumbfounded’ by U.S. Covid-19 response; WHO urges countries to join COVAX
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The Covid-19 pandemic has driven nearly 37 million people into extreme poverty and reversed two decades of progress in vaccinating children against once-common childhood diseases, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing a new report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The number of people living in extreme poverty globally has risen 7.1% so far this year in the pandemic. The pandemic has also pushed the percentage of children who are vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis down to the level it was last at in 2000
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