Britain's health regulator approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine for infants
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritain’s health regulator on Tuesday authorised the use of a version of a COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech in infants…
Here’s why the anti-HIV jab will cost more than the pill
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Africa’s medicine regulator has registered CAB-LA, a new anti-HIV jab. Read More
HIV stigma kills: It took my friend’s life one month ago
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHe was nicknamed Magic Man as a child, for his love of tricks and the magic he brought into the lives of…
Middle East records fastest rise in HIV cases over past 20 years
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Middle East and North Africa region has documented the largest increase in HIV infections, rising by 31 per cent over the past…
Chinese rush to stock up antigen kits, medicines as COVID prevention curbs ease
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chinese residents have rushed to snap up COVID-19 antigen kits and medicines for fevers and colds, as the country’s recent easing…
Nigeria resumes Abuja-Kaduna train service attacked by gunmen
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigeria’s state railway company on Monday resumed a popular train service between the capital Abuja and the northern state of Kaduna, Read…
Beijing stops requiring negative test to enter supermarkets, shopping malls and state offices
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAuthorities in Beijing, the Chinese capital, have announced that they will no longer require negative tests to enter supermarkets, shopping malls and…
Fear of the F-word: Somalia dodges famine declaration as hunger spreads
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn Somalia, the word for famine is so little used that few people know it or its meaning; the word they use…
Antibiotics could be given to children en masse in ‘rare’ move in Strep A outbreak
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteChildren at primary schools affected by the Strep A outbreak could be given antibiotics as a blanket prevention measure,in a move described…
Girl, 14, is stabbed to death and her best friend, 13, injured by knifeman who ran at them from an asylum shelter
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA teenager has been stabbed to death and her best friend left injured by a knifeman who ran at them from an…