Covid-19: Nigeria Tests 3,298,966 Persons, Records 211,171 Positive Results
Pat Stevens/ The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) says approximately 3,298,966 million persons had been tested for Covid-19 from the…
New Vaccine Only Effective Against One Malaria Specie —Virologist
Malik Yahya/ A virologist, Dr Solomon Chollom, has said that the new vaccine, though safe and efficacious, could not be…
Japanese Company to Launch Tobacco Plant-based Covid Vaccine
Femi Ashekun/ A subsidiary of a Japanese company backed by Philip Morris International is planning to launch the world’s first…
19-year-old Cancer Survivor Recounts Brave Fight Against Dreaded Ailment
Matilda Omonaiye/ A 19-year-old blood cancer survivor, Elsie lgberaese, has recounted her brave but harrowing battle against the deadly disease.…
Why Nigeria Can’t Access Malaria Vaccine —UNICEF
Agency Report/ The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stated that Nigeria needs to spend the next two to three years…
AstraZeneca Seeks Emergency Authorisation for COVID Antibody Treatment
Danica Kirka and Matthew Perrone (AP)/ AstraZeneca, the drugmaker that developed one of the first COVID-19 vaccines, has asked the…
What Happens 6 Months after Taking Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine
Reuters/ The effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months…
US Drug Maker Produces First Covid-19 Antiviral Pill
Femi Ashekun/ US pharmaceutical company, Merck, is seeking emergency authorisation for first of its kind Covid-19 antiviral drug after “remarkable”…
Why Covid-19 Shots Don’t Last
WSJ/ Why don’t Covid-19 vaccinations last longer?Measles shots are good for life, chickenpox immunizations protect for 10 to 20 years,…
FDA Rejects Covid-19 Booster Shot for Americans, Cites Rare Cases of Heart Problems
Ololade Adeyanju/ Scientific advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have voted overwhelmingly against Pfizer’s application to offer…