Covid: UK vaccinates 15 million people, meeting target a day early
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver 15 million people across the UK have been given their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, hitting a government target. Read More
Antiviral coating on face masks kill Kent and South Africa Covid variants in an hour
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists at the University of Cambridge say an antiviral coating on face masks is capable of protecting users from the Kent and South…
Only 70 million Nigerians use condom – Report
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA recent report on condom access and utilization in Nigeria by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), in collaboration with the National Agency…
The pill could be sold in pharmacies without prescription
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is asking the public for their views on whether two progestogen-only pills, also known as the “mini-pill”, should be available without…
The Big Question: Can France Catch Up in the Covid Vaccine Race?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite a rich history of scientific breakthroughs, from Louis Pasteur’s rabies vaccine to the discovery of HIV in the 1980s, France is…
Study: Many babies acquire oral HPV, possibly during birth
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCancer-causing human papillomavirus, or HPV, is considered a sexually transmitted infection, but a new study shows that many babies are born carrying…
Global decline of condom use worrying – AHF
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Zambia says there is need to scale up Advocacy for condom use this year following a global…
Is this finally proof the vaccine is working in Britain? Covid deaths among over-85s plummet by 41% - almost twice as fast as un-vaccinated people over-65s -
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of Covid deaths in over-85s is falling twice as fast it is in younger Brits, raising hopes that the UK’s…
Wuhan lab at centre of Covid storm 'designed cages to breed bats for virus experiments'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Wuhan lab at the centre of a storm over the origins of Covid-19 was awarded a patent for cages to hold…
It's time for Africa to rein in Tanzania's anti-vaxxer president
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJohn Magufuli’s cavalier disregard of Covid’s impact in the great lakes region is fuelling conspiracies and endangering lives. Read More