An experimental pill to treat Covid developed by pharmaceutical giants, Pfizer cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by 89% in vulnerable adults, the company has announced.
The drug - Paxlovid - is intended for use soon after symptoms develop in people at high risk of severe disease.
Pfizer says it...
A feeling of succour, relief and hope returned yesterday for ailing veteran Nollywood actor Ani Chukwuemeka after receiving N6 million from the founder and senior prophet of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Warri, billionaire Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin.
While two other actors, who were with Chukwuemeka received additional N1 million, bringing the...
Young men who receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are at higher risk of developing a rare case of heart inflammation than those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to researchers
Researchers on Thursday October 21, revealed the data at a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) advisory committee to...
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The federal government has mandated civil servants to get vaccinated against COVID19.
The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha who disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday, October 13, said beginning from December 1, civil servants will be required to show their COVID19 vaccination before they can gain...
Nigeria's COVID-19 vaccine certificate will reportedly be accorded recognition by UK authorities from October 11.
The UK government which added Nigeria to the list of countries with approved vaccines on Thursday October 7, said fully vaccinated travellers from Nigeria will be able to enter England from Monday, October 11, 2021, without providing pre-departure test...
California has become the first state in the U.S. to outlaw 'stealthing,' a slang term for the nonconsensual removal of a condom during sex.
The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, makes it a civil sexual battery offense under state law for someone to remove a condom without...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised Nigerians against consuming frozen poultry products and other food items preserved with formalin.
Formalin is a poisonous chemical popularly used to preserve the human body in mortuaries.
NAFDAC’s spokesman, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, who gave the word of advice...
The World Health Organization has recommended the widespread rollout of the first-ever malaria vaccine, in a move experts hope could save tens of thousands of children’s lives each year across Africa.
Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, announced the development at a media briefing on Wednesday, October 6.
The recommendation followed...
Health experts have cautioned Nigerians against the practice of tying the legs of victims of snakebite with a cloth to stop the movement of the snake venom.
According to the experts, the practice and other crude management of snakebite are fuelling avoidable mortality and morbidity.
The call by the medical experts...
Russians have reported its highest one-day Covid death toll amid a spike in cases of the virus in their country.
The country saw 852 Covid deaths on Tuesday, the government said, which comes after more than two months of reporting around 770 deaths per day.
Russia's Covid cases, which had been in...
World Health Organisation is set to carry out a new investigation into the origins of the Covid outbreak and probe whether the virus came from a Wuhan lab.
A new team of experts will be appointed, including experts on biosecurity, laboratory safety, genetics, and how viruses spread to humans, The...
US President Joe Biden has pledged to donate 500 million more doses of the Pfizer vaccine to developing nations from next year.
He made the pledge at a virtual Covid-19 summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, promising an "arsenal of vaccines".
“To beat the pandemic here, we need to...
The United Kingdom has said people who received their Covid-19 vaccine in Africa, India, and certain other places will be considered as "unvaccinated" when they travel and will be treated as such.
The UK listed certain countries whose vaccination exercise is recognized and stated that those who didn't get their vaccines from the...
Governors from the Southern region of the country who met today September 16 in Enugu, have expressed support for the collection of value-added tax (VAT) by state governments.
This was conveyed in a communique read out by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state at the end of the meeting.
The Governors who reaffirmed...
A mother and daughter who refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine, have died weeks apart in same hospital ward after contracting the virus.
32-year-old mother of four, Sammie-Jo Forde died in Ulster Hospital, on the outskirts of east Belfast, Ireland on Saturday September 11, after her 55-year-old mother Heather Maddern died on August...
Thirteen western lowland gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for Coronavirus.
Staff were alerted when several of the zoo’s troop of 20 western lowland gorillas began exhibiting symptoms, including runny noses, mild coughing and loss of appetite.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that fecal samples and swabs sent to the University of...
Nigeria has surpassed 200,000 covid-19 cases 18 months after the first positive case was identified in an Italian traveller on Feb. 27, 2020, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease (NCDC).
The NCDC, on Wednesday morning, September 15, via its official website said that Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases had jumped to...
The federal government has revealed that over a million Nigerians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Executive-Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib made the announcement during the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), on Monday September 13.
Shuaib said that while 1,692,315 persons have received...
About 640 people who were fully vaccinated died with Covid-19 in England in six months (January to July) accounting for just 1% of deaths, new figures have revealed
According to a Monday morning, September 13 publication by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), of the 51,281 people who died with...
Health organizations are trying to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus that has a much higher death rate than Covid and causes vomiting, seizures and brain swelling.
A young Indian boy was killed by the illness and there are fears it could cause the next worldwide pandemic, heightened by the...
Although the infection rates amongst women increased between 2016-2019, the use of antiretroviral treatment by them declined.
A new report has indicated that the percentage of women living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria increased between 2016 and 2019 while that of men decreased within the same period.
The result from the Nigeria...
A coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa 'could be more infectious' than other mutations and has the potential to 'evade vaccines', scientists have said.
The C.1.2 strain, which is linked to 'increased transmissibility', is more mutations away from the original virus seen in Wuhan, experts at South Africa's National Institute for Communicable...
An NHS doctor has warned that pulling out your nose hairs can cause a life-threatening medical condition.
In a video he uploaded on his Instagram account, Dr Karan Rajan warned you should "never pull out your nose hairs".
Explaining the hidden danger of pulling out nose hairs, he said: "You have two types of nose...
Japan will halt the use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine after reports of contamination in several lots, drugmaker Takeda and the health ministry said Thursday.
Takeda, which is in charge of sales and distribution of the Moderna shot in Japan, said it had "received reports from several...
Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib has said that the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use in Nigeria.
Shuaib who made the announcement during a press briefing on Tuesday August 24, said the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) approved...
American Civil rights leader, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. along with his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.
In a statement released by the prominent political activist's organization, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. it said the reverend, who is 79 years old, and Jacqueline Jackson, 77, were admitted...
Studies have shown that the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is projected to conservatively account for 30% of all deaths in Nigeria. In the last decade, we have seen a rise of fried and fast food consumption especially in urban areas, proportionately contributing to increase in cholesterol levels. While many...
Veteran musician, Mike Okri, has contracted COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
Okri disclosed this in facebook live he had on Saturday, AUgust 21. Okri who recently returned home after decades abroad said he caught the virus on Friday, August 20, a day before he was due to travel. He said he felt “devastated” and...
A Las Vegas flight attendant has died following a month-long battle with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
Maurice Reginald “Reggie” Shepperson, 36, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant died last week after having tested positive for the virus in early July, KDFW reported.
“It shows how quick life can change,” Dawn Shepperson-Bernard,...
A first case of Marburg virus disease have been confirmed by Health authorities in Guinea, in the southern Gueckedou prefecture.
This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever and in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola has been identified in the country and in...
A heartbroken son has revealed how his mother, father, and brother all died of Covid within the space of a week, after refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine.
Francis Goncalves’ brother Shaul, 40, father, Basil, 73, and mother, Charmagne, 65, all died in hospital within two weeks of contracting coronavirus.
The 43-year-old,...
Rollout of the second batch of vaccines has been postponed by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19.
PSC's spokesperson, Willie Bassey said the vaccination exercise which was scheduled for Tuesday August 10, was postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.
Bassey also failed to give a new date for the rollout of the vaccines. The...
A top scientist has warned that cloth sheet masks are not going to protect people from the fast spreading covid-19 Delta variant.
The warning comes as some US states and cities face the potential of a mask mandate in response to the Delta variant.
Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and director of...
A Chinese scientist, popularly called batwoman, has issued a stark warning that more deadly Covid variants are coming.
Wuhan-based virologist Shi Zhengli is one of the world's top researchers on coronaviruses and has discovered dozens of deadly SARS-like viruses in bat caves.
She studied samples taken from some of the first people...
Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has said that Nigeria is currently experiencing a third wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Osagie who disclosed this at the press briefing of the presidential steering committee on COVID-19 on Monday August 1, called for state participation in sample collection, reporting, and treatment of cases. According to him, only 17...
A Las Vegas dad who had been battling COVID-19 reportedly sent his fiancée a heartbreaking text, which read: "I should have gotten the damn vaccine" just before he died.
Michael Freedy, 39, had gone on vacation with fiancée Jessica du Preez and their children, ages 17, 10, 7, 6, and...
558 new Coronavirus cases were confirmed in Nigeria on Thursday July 29, as confirmed by theNigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The federal agency said the figure reported on July 29 was the highest in almost five months. The last time Nigeria reported a daily figure higher than 558 was on March 4,...
The U.S. has reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the world over the last seven days, according to the World Health Organization.The U.S. saw 500,332 new cases (a 131% increase) the week ending July 25 compared to the previous week, the WHO said.
The world meanwhile has...
A Maryland man has been arrested on suspicion of sending repeated threats to harm Anthony Fauci, the United States' top infectious disease expert.According to a newly unsealed criminal complaint, Thomas Patrick Connally, Jr., 56 sent a series of profanity-laden emails to Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has announced plans to increase community sensitization as the death toll from cholera outbreak in Abuja is now 60.
According to the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, suspected cases of Cholera in Abuja have risen from 604 to 698 within the last 72 hours.The...
The Chinese government has announced it will not participate in a second phase of the World Health Organization's investigation into the origins of Covid-19, after the possibility of the virus leaking from a Wuhan lab was included on the proposal.The WHO released an initial report from its investigation into...
Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has announced that there are 59 suspected cases of Monkeypox with 15 confirmed in the country.
Ihekweazu who disclosed this while reacting to report of a United States resident testing positive for the disease after arriving the North-American country from Nigeria, said...
Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro has been released from hospital four days after being admitted with serious intestine problems.
Bolsonaro, 66, had been suffering persistent hiccups for 10 days and there have been concerns about the leader's health since he was stabbed in the intestines while campaigning in 2018.
He was seriously...
The WHO has warned there is a 'strong likelihood' of dangerous Covid variants spreading around the world as they declared the pandemic is 'nowhere near finished.
An emergency committee of the global health body said the mutant strains will make it even harder for the pandemic to come to an...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2.
A statement released by NCDC'S head of Communications, Dr. Yahya Disu, says the variant was detected in a traveler to Nigeria, following the routine travel test required of...
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared China malaria-free after a 70 years effort to eradicate the disease.
The WHO announced on Wednesday that China, which used to report 30 million annual cases of malaria in the 1940s, was free of the mosquito-borne infectious disease. The country has not reported a new case...
India has reported more than 30 million Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started last year.
Government data showed there were 50,848 infections recorded over a 24-hour period on Wednesday, bringing the total reported cases to 30.02 million. The reported daily death toll was 1,358.
The United States is the only country...
The World Health Organisation has renamed the Indian variant, also known as B.1.617.2, the Delta variant.
Under WHO's new plans, the UK's Kent strain will also be known as 'Covid Alpha' while South Africa's variant will become 'Covid Beta', with the Brazilian variant to be known as 'Covid Gamma'.
WHO's Covid-19 technical lead...
Additional 132 persons have been declared wanted by the federal government for violating COVID-19 guidelines.
The announcement was made by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha on Thursday May 27, few days after 90 persons were also...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that a total of 4,683 people have received the second dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the country.
NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib made the disclosure at a press conference to update Nigerians on the status of the vaccination exercise in Abuja on...
The UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock has told members of the parliament (MP) that there are now almost 3,000 cases of the Indian variant in the UK.
Matt Hancock disclosed this while giving a general update on Covid-19 as fears mount about the Indian variant.
He said 2,967 cases of the...
Malawi on Wednesday, May 19, destroyed 19,610 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines that expired 18 days after arriving, despite assurances from the African Union (AU) and World Health Organisation (WHO) that the vaccines were safe until mid-July.
The vaccines were part of the batch of 102,000 that had arrived in...
An event in Rivers state came to an abrupt end recently after one of the male attendees suffered a cardiac arrest while he was dancing and died on the spot.
The man clad in a white top and a black trouser, took to the center stage to entertain the guests with...
India's coronavirus death toll passed 200,000 on Wednesday April 28, with more than 3,000 fatalities reported in just 24 hours, as the World Health Organization warned that a variant of Covid-19 to be contributing to a surge in cases in India has been found in 17 countries.
A total of...
77 inmates of IOWA prison were given overdoses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine by Prison staff.
The incident took place at the state’s maximum-security prison at Fort Madison where some inmates may have received six times the normal dose, the Iowa Department of Corrections confirmed.
None of the inmates became ill enough...
