COVID-19 Relief Push, Diversity Efforts Before Congress
The U.S. Capitol dome, in Washington, on Jan. 15, 2020. TOM BRENNER/REUTERS Wall Street bank chiefs will tout the role their institutions have played in...
Category : Health
United States Renews Longstanding Commitment to UNICEF with $300 Million Pledge For Improving the Lives of Mothers and Children
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced the renewal of their longstanding partnership with UNICEF to improve the health and well-being of...
Factors blocking African Medicines
By Francis Aboagye-Nyame African nations’ reliance on drug manufacturers in India and China leaves the continent vulnerable to drug stock-outs, it has emerged. The African...
Continuing the Fight: WHO Donors and Partners Support COVID-19 Response Around the World
COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have officially been rolled out in over 100 countries and are providing hope. But the pandemic continues and much essential work remains...
New York to immediately resume use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine after federal go-ahead: Cuomo
NEW YORK — The one-and-done Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is back in New York state. Gov. Andrew...
Mauritius: Covid-19 – Total of 34 Positive Patients Admitted in Icu Since March 2020 to Date
Since March 2020, the number of COVID-19 patients tested positive and admitted to New Souillac Hospital is 14, out of which seven required intubation and...
NHS Workers Demand a Green Recovery to Save Lives and Help the Country get Back on its Feet
NHS workers protest for a pay rise for health workers outside 10 Downing Street NHS workers are demanding a green recovery to help get the...
How Did Africa Escape the Calamity of a Pandemic Covid -19
OPINION One year after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic in March of 2020, the spread of the virus remains unabated. In...
Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines are 90% Effective in ‘Real-World’ Study
The study included nearly 4,000 U.S. health care and frontline workers. A nurse administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic at...
Covid third Wave May Overrun Africa’s Healthcare, Warns WHO
Rising cases of coronavirus in Africa threaten to overrun fragile healthcare systems and test the continent’s much-touted resilience to the disease, according to the World Health...
MTN’s 300,000 Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive Nigeria
The Nigerian government has taken delivery of the first set of 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of a total of 1.4 million doses designated...
African Union says Benefits Outweigh Risks of AstraZeneca COVID shot
The African Union said on Thursday that it considers that the benefits of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the risks and recommended that vaccinations continue across...
High Vitamin D Levels May Protect Against COVID-19, Especially for Black People, study suggests
A new research study at the University of Chicago Medicine has found that when it comes to COVID-19, having vitamin D levels above those traditionally...
Egypt Government aims to Vaccinate 250,000 in One Week
The Egyptian government has begun to prepare for a third wave of COVID-19. (Reuters) Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has warned that the number of deaths...
South Africa: Immigrants Must Be Given Health Care Even If Undocumented, Health Department Confirms
Loyiso Dyongman/GroundUp Several immigrants in Makhanda say they have been turned away from local clinics when their permits to be in the country have expired....
UN Urges Countries to Strive for Gender-equal Future Post-COVID-19
Image: SABC News Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says a lot of work has been done but our best is not good enough. The world finds itself at...
WHO Estimates Hearing Loss Will Affect 1 in 4 People by 2050
Billions of people are expected to suffer from some degree of hearing loss by 2050, according to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO),...
Coronavirus Crisis Unlikely to be Over by the End of the Year, WHO warns
Dr Michael Ryan says Covid-19 is ‘very much in control’ as global infections rise for first time in almost two months Dr Michael Ryan, of...
Maternal Diabetes Increases Obesity Risk in Children by Age 10, Study Finds
By Brian P. Dunleavy (0) Children born to mothers with diabetes are at greater for obesity as they age, a new study has found. File...
Covid 19: Nigerian Hospitals Under Pressure
In tonight’s edition, Nigerian hospitals struggle under growing numbers of coronavirus cases as the wait for vaccines continue. In Niger, ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum...