Halt COVID vaccine booster shots until end of year, WHO head says
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Wealthier countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines should refrain from offering booster shots until the end of the year, Read More
NHS ‘faces breaking point by November’ without masks and social distancing as Covid cases rise
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The NHS will be at breaking point within two months if the Government fails to implement basic Covid precautions such as mask…
We are moving fast’: health workers race to contain deadly meningitis outbreak
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Health authorities are racing to control a meningitis outbreak that has hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing more than 100 people….
400,000 Nigerian drug users who share needles responsible for spread of HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute About 400,000 Nigerian drug users who exchange needles and syringes as a group while ingesting drugs are responsible for the spread of…
Nigeria: ‘US provides treatment for 83% of HIV-positive patients’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tuesday, joined the Director of Public Health, Minister of Health, Dr. M.O. Alex-Okoh, Read More
People living with HIV have higher risk of sudden cardiac death, finds study
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Reading Time: < 1 minute People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a higher risk of sudden cardiac death than people who do not have HIV, …
PCR test using saliva almost as accurate as nose and throat swab, study says
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A PCR test using saliva to test for Covid-19 is almost as accurate as the standard nose and throat swab, a study…
Covid cases in Israel fall sharply amid mass booster vaccine rollout
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Covid infections in Israel are falling sharply after the rollout of its mass booster rollout, with hospital admissions and deaths also beginning…
Doctors and nurses say NHS needs ‘firebreak’ lockdown as staff struggle to keep up with demand of Covid cases
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The NHS needs a “firebreak” lockdown as staff are struggling to keep up with the demand of Covid cases ahead of the…
Some people have 'superhuman' ability to fight off COVID-19
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Reading Time: < 1 minute After both a prior COVID-19 infection and two doses of Pfizer or Moderna‘s vaccine, some people’s immune systems develop an incredible ability to respond to the virus….