Health
Covid-19: Plea for jabs even as Africa infections trend lower
According to data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the continent reported 307,062 new cases for the week ending Jan 9, translating to a 2 percent increase...
Read more4th Pfizer, Moderna shot less effective against Omicron variant: Israeli study
In the study, launched in late December, 270 staff members of Sheba Medical Center received the fourth dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. Their immunization and serology data were then...
Read moreHealth: Covid-19 kills poor as rich get richer – report
Oxfam, a charity confederation, has said that while the wealth of the world’s top 10 richest people has doubled during the pandemic, the poor around the globe continue to suffer...
Read moreWASHINGTON: US sees highest rate of children COVID-19 hospitalizations
The country is averaging 893 new hospital admissions each day for children 17 years and under, a record high since the CDC started to track the number from August 2020....
Read moreMonrovia: Waste management and recycling businesses in Liberia are using plastic waste to avert CO2 emissions associated with the burning of these plastics.
With support from the United Nations Development Programme, Monrovia-based waste management agency Hysaa Liberia Inc, and the Ever Green Recycling Institute (EGRI), have begun sorting out plastic bottles for processing...
Read moreHighlight: COVAX delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
On 15 January 2021, a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda included the billionth dose supplied via COVAX. Together with our partners, COVAX is leading the largest vaccine...
Read moreHealth Experts Reveal Fresh Data Shows Heart Attacks Occur At Night, Early In The Morning
By Metohuey Michael Adoglo Studies have shown that heart attacks occur more in the early hours of the morning, noting that ensuring good blood pressure control at night and early...
Read moreHealth: Chennai’s MIOT International opens eye care facility in Seychelles
Chennai’s MIOT International Hospital on Friday opened a new state of the art eye care facility in Seychelles at a cost of $900,000, becoming the first Indian hospital to provide full-time services in the...
Read moreRare condition listed as possible side effect of COVID-19 shots — EMA
Following three days of meetings and discussions, the EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) said Friday it wants to include a warning for “very rare cases of transverse myelitis (TM) reported following vaccination” with...
Read moreHealth: @WHO recommends two new drugs to treat COVID-19
WHO has recommended two new drugs for COVID-19, providing yet more options for treating the disease. The extent to which these medicines will save lives depends on how widely available...
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