Health
The US Supreme Court to weigh vaccine edicts
The cases come to the court during a record increase in coronavirus cases in the US and with more than 800,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19. The answer is also likely...
Read moreFrance: People who have not been jabbed to be blocked from hospitality venues
The legislation was finally approved early on Thursday morning after three days of fierce debate in the National Assembly that drew controversial remarks from President Emmanuel Macron. Members of Parliament...
Read moreA New Study On Children With HIV, Reveals Success On Alternative Low Cost Easy Treatment
By Metohuey Michael Adoglo The global study led by researchers at University College London and published in The New England Journal of Medicine found that dolutegravir-based regimens, which are already...
Read moreKinshasa: Massive cholera vaccination drive launched in DRC
The campaign, which is intended for those 1 year or older in Haut-Lomami, South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces, aims to halt an ongoing outbreak. It is the second vaccination drive...
Read moreMAPUTO: Mozambican president, first lady test positive for COVID-19
MAPUTO - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and his wife Isaura Nyusi have tested positive for COVID-19, the presidential office announced in a statement on Monday night. "Considering the current context...
Read moreCovid case spike in Xi’an challenges China’s zero-Covid policy
On Thursday, authorities in Xi’an, a city in Shaanxi Province, reported that 155 new locally transmitted cases were identified on December 29. The figure brings the number of cases recorded...
Read moreBeing black or Latino counts as a risk factor due to persistent social inequality — NY health authorities
In a document dated December 27, the Department of Health announced that two antiviral oral therapies – Paxlovid and molnupiravir – had received emergency use authorization and would “reduce the risk of hospitalization...
Read moreGENEVA: WHO warns of ‘tsunami of cases’ from Omicron, Delta
The World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned on Wednesday that the more transmissible Omicron together with the currently circulating Delta variants might lead to "a tsunami of cases," putting immense pressure...
Read moreCovid-19: Providing nearly expired vaccines to Africa is immoral, African experts.
Hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by some Western countries and providing nearly expired vaccines to Africa is immoral, violates basic human rights and delays the end of the pandemic and global...
Read moreBooster Shots Could Compromise Vaccine Access In Nigeria, Experts Warn
By Metohuey Michael Adoglo The push for booster shots when many Nigerians are yet to be vaccinated compromises the projects structure. Virologists believe rather than pushing for booster vaccination, the...
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