Health

By John Ikani A man who received a first-of-its-kind heart transplant from a genetically modified pig died Tuesday, two months after the groundbreaking procedure. David Bennett Sr, of Maryland, was 57. In January he underwent the...

Austria said on Wednesday it is suspending mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for all adults saying the pandemic no longer poses the same danger, just weeks after the law took effect in an EU first. The Alpine nation...

By John Ikani  The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it can confirm a global decline in COVID-19 cases and fatalities. The confirmation made by the WHO via its official Facebook account is the first time the...

By John Ikani The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria has so far received over 67 million (67,973,250) doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including 2,100,000 doses out of the Johnson and Johnson vaccines procured...

By John Ikani British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scrapping the last domestic Covid-19 restrictions in England, including the requirement for people with COVID-19 to self-isolate. Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons that the...

By Ebi Kesiena The first wild poliovirus case in Africa in more than five years has been detected in a young child in Malawi, the World Health Organization said. The Malawian health authorities have declared an...