New study gives hope of eliminating mother-to-baby transmission of HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Anti-retroviral drugs are a vital tool in the prevention and treatment of HIV. Read More
COVID-19: Mozambique's fight against ever-rising COVID infections - and a 'five-year wait' for vaccines
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Hard-pressed hospital staff in Mozambique are not only fighting a sevenfold increase in COVID cases, but they have no functioning track-and-trace system,…
Mathematician calculates that all the world's coronavirus particles fit inside a soda can
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Reading Time: < 1 minute We can only glimpse viruses with advanced microscopes. Read More
Arthritis drug tocilizumab reduces severe COVID-19 mortality
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The arthritis drug tocilizumab reduces the risk of critically ill patients dying of COVID-19, according to results of a study on…
How Do Mutations And Variants Affect Coronavirus Vaccines?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute New variants have thrown into doubt the effectiveness of current vaccines to offer protection against coronavirus but in truth Read More
UK could give coronavirus vaccines to children by the end of the year
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Professor Jonathan Van-Tam has claimed it’s ‘perfectly possible’ the UK will be giving coronavirus vaccines to children by the end of the…
Fauci says no 'red flags' after 20,000 pregnant women vaccinated'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dr Anthony Fauci says there have been ‘no red flags’ after tens of thousands of pregnant women have received vaccines against COVID)-19. …
Breaking: World Health Organization recommends Astrazeneca vaccine for all age groups
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of the Astrazeneca/Oxford University vaccine for use by countries around the world,…
Can my HIV-positive child get vaccines and other questions answered
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Reading Time: < 1 minute SAMAA Health busts some common HIV myths. Read More
Israeli drug that substantially alleviates serious Covid symptoms completes second phase trials
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A new Israeli drug that can substantially alleviate serious Covid symptoms in as little as two hours has successfully completed its second…