What Africa’s Top Fact-checkers are Doing to Combat False Beliefs about Covid-19
Sarah Scire (NiemanLab)/ Is there something WEIRD about fact-checking? Much of the research about combating misinformation with fact-checking comes from…
640 Fully Vaccinated People Die of Covid-19 in England in 7 Months
Femi Ashekun/ People who were fully vaccinated accounted for 1.2% of all deaths involving Covid-19 in England in the first…
US Intelligence Concludes Covid-19 not a Biological Weapon … Remains Uncertain about Virus Origin
Femi Ashekun/ US intelligence agencies have ruled out the theory that China developed Covid-19 as a biological weapon, and that…
Nigerian Centre for Disease Control Gets New Director-General
Pat Stevens/ President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new director-general for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Buhari also…
AVAT Delivers 12000 Doses of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine to the African Union
The African Union (AU), through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has worked with the African…
US Recommends COVID-19 Booster Shots for Citizens 8 Months after Full Vaccination
Pat Stevens/ The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine…
NAFDAC Authorises New Covid-19 Vaccine for Young Nigerians
Ololade Adeyanju/ Nigerians from 18 years upwards have been authorized to prevent Covid-19 with the use of a new vaccine…
Fully Vaccinated Persons No Longer Need to Wear Mask —CDC
Femi Ashekun/ Americans who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can now resume activities that they did prior to the…
Drug to Cure COVID-19 Could be Ready This Year
Femi Ashekun/ Pfizer Inc is currently running clinical trial on an experimental pill that would be the first to cure…
Malaria Vaccine Trials Prove Successful in Burkina Faso, Production Expected Next Year
A newly developed malaria vaccine by scientists at the Jenner Institute, Oxford University in the United Kingdom, has been proven…