Health

With the increase in social activities during the festive season, the Ministry of Health has recorded an expected increase in the number of  people testing positive for COVID-19. The Ministry has identified several factors that […]

(NBC NEWS) – The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first long-acting injectable medication for use as pre-exposure prevention, or PrEP, against HIV, the agency announced Monday. Apretude, the new drug, is an injectable […]

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries are being encouraged to prepare to leverage and deploy new pharmaceuticals being developed to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19). Director of PAHO, Dr Carissa Etienne, notes that several “promising” […]

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA — the same technology used in two highly successful COVID-19 vaccines — has shown promise in experiments in mice and monkeys, according to a study published […]

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The Omicron variant appears to be no worse than other coronavirus strains, top scientists from the WHO and the United States told AFP, while cautioning that more research is needed to judge its […]

Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may protect against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said lab […]

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that only a “global vaccination plan” could end the COVID-19 pandemic and called the uneven roll-out of vaccines around the world “immoral”. Speaking as fears […]

LONDON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than […]