COVID-19

Study shows pronounced scarring of the lungs due to impaired immune response Berlin, 30.11.2021 – In the majority of patients with severe COVID-19, the lungs scar to an unusually high degree. This is shown by […]

World Health Summit ends with clear demands for collaboration and calls to action for policy makersBerlin, October 25, 2021  – After three days with 377 speakers and 67 different sessions, the 13th World Health Summit […]

World Health Summit with hundreds of global health experts officially opened Berlin, 24 October, 2021 – On Sunday evening, the 13th World Health Summit officially opened in Berlin and online. The prevailing topic: Lessons learnt […]

Certain immune cells that people have produced in the past against cold coronaviruses boost the immune response against SARS-CoV-2 – both during natural infection and after vaccination. This is shown by researchers from Charité – […]

Brazzaville, 22 July 2021 – Following eight consecutive weeks of a fast-moving surge, new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed down, driven by a sharp drop in South Africa which accounts for the bulk of the […]

LUANDA, Angola, MBABANE, Eswatini, PRETORIA, South Africa and LUSAKA, Zambia—“Young people are able to access [sexual and reproductive health] services but not as much as they used to before the lockdown,” said Kondelwani Kamanga, a […]

Flu vaccines need to be updated every year to protect against new influenza viruses. Will this also be necessary for COVID-19 vaccines? To estimate this, a research team from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin compared the […]

New technology identifies COVID-19 biomarkers in the shortest possible time Berlin, 25.03.2021 – Faster and cheaper than an ordinary blood count: researchers at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Francis Crick Institute have developed the […]