Australia reports first 2021 COVID-19 death, highest case number
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia reported its first coronavirus-related death of the year on Sunday and a 2021 record 77 new cases of the virus in…
Hospital waiting lists could reach 13 million in coming months, health secretary warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of people waiting for NHS hospital treatment could reach 13 million in the months to come due to the COVID…
Woman infected with two different Covid variants at the same time, researchers find
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A 90-year-old woman in Belgium was infected with two different variants of the Covid-19 virus at the same time, researchers have found, Read More
A New HIV Vaccine Has Reached Its Very First Patients
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Reading Time: < 1 minute More than sixty years ago, a new disease started spreading across the planet. It traveled slowly at first, quietly eating away at…
A woman with HIV took over 200 days to clear her Covid infection. Here’s why researchers are worried
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A case study suggests that people with HIV should be prioritised for Covid vaccination Read More
Double jabbed: All the things those vaccinated twice will be able to do
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Double-vaccinated Britons can swerve quarantine when they arrive from amber-listed countries from 19 July, the government has confirmed. Read More
Mosquito bite warning as West Nile virus outbreak hits four states
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Reading Time: < 1 minute West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in at least six US states, and the insects have passed the virus along to humans in…
HIV transmission will end in 2022, FG assures
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nigeria will end HIV transmission by 2022, having achieved a critical milestone of getting it under control, the Federal Government has announced….
Javid hails ‘phenomenal achievement’ after 80 million vaccines administered
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Health Secretary Sajid Javid has hailed a “phenomenal achievement” as more than 80 million vaccines have been administered across the UK. Read…
Zika virus outbreak suspected in India’s Kerala as first case confirmed, 13 others suspected
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The southern Indian state of Kerala has confirmed its first case of Zika virus – a mosquito-borne disease – in a 24-year-old pregnant woman who…