In England, Blood Donation Is Still Limited For Black People
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter decades of campaigning from organisers and charities, the rules around how gay and bisexual men in England, Scotland, and Wales can donate…
Anti-Vaxxers Could Be Helping Create Deadlier Versions of Covid
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe may someday look back on the hell year of 2020 as the year with the fewest covid deaths. Read More
What is Monkey B virus and how dangerous is it?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A 53-year-old man in China has died after contracting the Monkey B virus (BV), a rare infectious disease that comes from primates Read More
Beta variant in UK can 'escape' vaccination and is 'quite good' doing so, JCVI chair warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteProfessor Andrew Pollard told Radio 4’s Today programme he expects the coronavirus Beta variant, which was the cause of enforcing quarantines on…
France in horror Covid warning: 'Fourth wave is HERE!'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance is facing a surge in cases linked to the Delta variant of the virus, which is more contagious. Read More
WATCH: New strawberry flavoured ARV drug makes treatment a little sweeter for HIV+ kids
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA strawberry-flavoured tablet distributed in six African countries, the first generic paediatric version of a key anti-retroviral, is making it easier for…
Why Africa needs to manufacture its own vaccines
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCurrently, there are at least five African countries that manufacture vaccines at different levels. Read More
COVID-19: Vallance corrects mistake to say 60% of people being admitted to hospital with coronavirus are unvaccinated
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier, Sir Patrick Vallance told a news conference 60% of coronavirus-related hospital admissions were double-jabbed people – but he later corrected himself….
Antibiotic DOES NOT prevent symptoms among mildly ill Covid patients
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA common antibiotic is no more effective than a placebo at preventing symptoms in mildly ill COVID-19 patients, a new study suggests. Read…
Bell's palsy IS linked to the COVID-19 vaccine: Man, 61, developed rare facial paralysis that occurs in just 0.02% of patients after both shots of Pfizer
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCOVID-19 vaccines are linked to the risk of developing Bell’s palsy, a new report from the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) suggests. Read…