Health

Nigeria Resident Doctors Threaten Indefinite Strike from Thursday

Resident doctors in Nigeria have said they will embark on an "indefinite strike" on Thursday over the government's failure to…

4 years ago

‘Already in Circulation’: Nigeria Raises the Alarm as Africa-bound Fake Covid Vaccines Intercepted   

Nigeria’s federal government has raised the alarm over a case of 3,000 doses of fake Covid-19 vaccines to be exported…

4 years ago

Nigeria Records 80% Drop in Covid Deaths Over Past Month

The number of fatalities resulting from Covid-19 has dropped from 86 to 17 cases per week between February 20 and…

4 years ago

EU Insists AstraZeneca ‘Honours Contract’ with Members Before Exporting Vaccines Elsewhere

The vaccine producer AstraZeneca must "catch up" on its promised deliveries to the EU before exporting doses elsewhere, the bloc's…

4 years ago

Africa CDC Chief Warns of ‘Vaccine War’ Over Access to Jabs

The director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has urged global powers to avoid a “vaccine war”…

4 years ago

New Virus Variant Detected in India; Experts Urge Caution

A new and potentially troublesome variant of the coronavirus has been detected in India, as have variants first detected in…

4 years ago

Hong Kong Halts Use of Pfizer Vaccine, Cites Defective Lids

Hong Kong suspended use of the Pfizer vaccine Wednesday after its Chinese distributor informed the city that one batch had…

4 years ago

US Signs MOU with NLNG to Make Bonny Island Malaria-free Zone

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with two United States government development…

4 years ago

AstraZeneca May Have Used Outdated Info in Vaccine Trial, US Health Officials Say

Results from a US trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine may have used “outdated information,” US federal health officials have said.…

4 years ago

India Sees Sharp Rise in Coronavirus Cases

India has reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in four months, amid a worrying surge that has prompted multiple…

4 years ago