Health

By John Ikani  The Assembly of Health Ministers of the ECOWAS region on Friday announced that Nigeria and other African countries would get access to the newly developed malaria vaccine by the first quarter of 2022....

By Chioma Iruke United Kingdom (UK), has stopped the recruitment of nurses from Kenya citing the shortage of healthcare workers in Nairobi as the main reason. According to the UK Health Department, nurses whose applications had...

By John Ikani Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Friday announced that its experimental Covid pill regimen, when taken shortly after symptoms develop, dramatically reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 89%. The trial’s results suggest that...

By Emmanuel Nduka As part of efforts to improve the capacity of herbal medicine practitioners in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed a training programme for native doctors in China. This was announced by Buhari’s Minister...

By Emmanuel Nduka The United Kingdom (UK) has approved the administration of experimental drug Molnupiravir from US pharmaceutical giant, Merck to treat COVID-19. The approval by the UK medical regulatory body makes Britain the first country...

By John Ikani  Russia has complained about the lack of international recognition for its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at the G20 Summit, where leaders agreed to step up global inoculation efforts. Earlier this month, South Africa...