Mosquito bite warning as West Nile virus outbreak hits four states
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWest Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in at least six US states, and the insects have passed the virus along to humans in…
HIV transmission will end in 2022, FG assures
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigeria will end HIV transmission by 2022, having achieved a critical milestone of getting it under control, the Federal Government has announced….
Javid hails ‘phenomenal achievement’ after 80 million vaccines administered
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHealth Secretary Sajid Javid has hailed a “phenomenal achievement” as more than 80 million vaccines have been administered across the UK. Read…
Zika virus outbreak suspected in India’s Kerala as first case confirmed, 13 others suspected
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe southern Indian state of Kerala has confirmed its first case of Zika virus – a mosquito-borne disease – in a 24-year-old pregnant woman who…
Health expert says vaccinated people helping spread 'Delta' variant
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA public health expert says that fully vaccinated Americans are helping spread the Indian ‘Delta’ variant of the novel coronavirus across the country. …
Tunisia health system ‘has collapsed’ as Delta variant cases surge across Middle East
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTunisia’s health system “has collapsed” and coronavirus intensive care units are overflowing, according to health officials who warned the highly infectious Delta variant Read More
True or false: Countering the claims of Covid-19 vaccine sceptics
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Reading Time: < 1 minute“Vaccinated people die of Covid-19”, “messenger RNA modifies our genetic code”, “you can transmit the virus even if you’re vaccinated” Read More
All talk, no jabs: the reality of global vaccine diplomacy
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you believe the @sputnikvaccine Twitter account – a feed tweeting apparently on behalf of the Kremlin – Russia is single-handedly inoculating the…
Eleven people dying from hunger a minute as COVID pandemic fuels starvation crisis, warns charity
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDeaths from starvation are outpacing those from coronavirus around the world with 11 lives a minute likely lost to hunger, an anti-poverty…
Africa: UNICEF to Ship 220 Million Doses of J&J Covid-19 Vaccine to African Union
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUNICEF said Thursday it has signed a deal to provide up to 220 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine…