New Covid saliva test can detect coronavirus even in people without symptoms
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new Covid-19 test has been shown to be effective in detecting the virus in people without symptoms, the Government has said. …
COVID-19 vaccines: Efficacy varies in different scenarios
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As countries around the world are scrambling to roll out vaccinations for controlling the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic, data on vaccines’ efficacy…
Novavax vaccine is 89% effective in UK trial, but less so in South Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax was 89% effective and appeared to offer protection against some variants of the coronavirus in a clinical trial conducted…
South Africa Joins Global Clinical Trial of New Antibiotic for Gonorrhoea
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Each year two million people in South Africa contract gonorrhoea, a devastating but curable sexually transmitted infection. Read More
Britain is on course to produce 60million MORE Covid vaccines as UK-based Novavax jab PASSES phase three trial with stunning 90% success rate (including quashing 86% of infections by mutant Kent strain that's ravaged the nation)
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Britain was on course to secure another 60million Covid jabs last night after the latest UK-backed vaccine cleared a crucial hurdle. Read…
The silent pandemic of antibiotic resistance
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When the World Health Organisation launched last year’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, it expanded the campaign’s focus from antibiotics to all antimicrobials…
Ivermectin rules for SA: Which COVID-19 patients will get the treatment?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has given the green light to treat selected COVID-19 patients with Ivermectin. Read More
COVID-19: Focus On Building Health Facilities, Not On Paying High Price For Vaccines, Bill Gates Tells FG
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Reading Time: < 1 minute American Philanthropist, Bill Gates, has advised the Nigerian Government against diverting its limited health fund into trying to pay a high price…
UK's coronavirus pandemic response was SIXTY-SIXTH place in the world and worse than Italy's, Ireland's and Sweden, Australian think tank claims
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The UK’s coronavirus pandemic response was the 66th best in the world, a think tank has claimed. Read More
New Covid-19 test that gets results in just 15 minutes
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A cheap 15 minute finger prick Covid test could be rolled out in Australian airports and hotels by September, Read More