Health

US Regulators Give Full Approval to Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine

The US gave full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine Monday, a milestone that could boost public confidence in the shots…

3 years ago

Scientists Question Evidence Behind US Covid Booster Shot Drive

The Biden administration’s plan to provide Covid-19 vaccine boosters is based on concerns that a decrease in the vaccines’ ability…

3 years ago

US Plans Booster Shots for All Americans as Studies Suggest Vaccine Losing Ground

US health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense Covid-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid…

3 years ago

US Sends Nearly 500 000 Covid Vaccine Doses to Rwanda

The United States is sending nearly half a million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Rwanda, including the first doses…

3 years ago

Afreximbank to Deliver 40m J&J Covid Vaccines to Nigeria

President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah, has disclosed that the bank will supply a total of 40…

3 years ago

Uganda Announces Polio Outbreak

Uganda has declared a public health emergency after scientists discovered polio in samples taken from two different sewage plants in…

3 years ago

US Donates Five Million Treated Bed Nets, $18m to Curb Malaria in Southwest Nigeria’s Oyo State

As part of a national campaign to provide enough nets for every Nigerian to be protected from the deadly disease…

3 years ago

USAID Provides $20m To Combat Covid In Somalia

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contributed an additional $20 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund…

3 years ago

Nigeria Takes Delivery of 700,000 Covid Vaccine Doses from UK

About 700,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the United Kingdom (UK) have been received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,…

3 years ago

Ivory Coast Records First Case of Ebola in 25 years

Ivory Coast has recorded its first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 25 years, according to the country’s health…

3 years ago