A novel vaccine approach for the prevention of HIV has shown promise in Phase I trials. IAVI and Scripps Research reported that the vaccine which is being developed to act as an immune primer, to trigger the activation of naïve B cells via a process called germline-targeting, as the first stage in a multi-step vaccine regimen to elicit…
The 60-day ultimatum served to the FG by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), to press home its demands, expires today, March 31, 2021. The doctors have scheduled a nationwide strike to begin tomorrow, April 1. The doctors listed four demands that must be met by the Federal Government to shelve their…
Presidential Spokesperson, Garba Shehu has stated that President Buhari is not a medical tourist following the controversy his recent trip to the UK for medical checkup ignited. In an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday March 30, Shehu said his principal has retained his doctors in the UK for over 30 years. He added…
Taylor Swift has donated £36,000 to a mother of five whose husband died of Covid. The singer and her mum gave the money to a GoFundMe appeal set up to support Vickie Quarles and her five children. The woman’s husband, Theodis Ray Quarles, 48, of Memphis, Tennessee, US, died before Christmas, according to the…
The United States has reported more than 30million cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began. The nation surpassed the milestone on Wednesday, March 24, nearly 12 weeks after hitting 20m, according to Johns Hopkins University data. No other country has recorded so many cases, and there is likely to be a high number…
131 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in the country on Monday March 22, as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The health agency gave a breakdown of the new cases as follows; Lagos-64, Rivers-12, Kaduna-11, Plateau-9, Jigawa-8, Bayelsa-6, Ondo-5, Ebonyi-4, FCT-4, Osun-4, Borno-1, Kano-1, Ogun-1, Oyo-1. There are now 161,868 confirmed…
The Federal Government has raised an alarm of an alleged racketeering of COVID-19 vaccine in the country. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Abdullazzi Abdullahi who disclosed this at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, alleged that some people are selling their vaccination slots. Abdullahi noted that everyone will be…
Doctors were left shocked when a housewife on her period started crying tears of blood in an extremely rare medical anomaly. The 25-year-old woman from Chandigarh, India, was diagnosed with haemolacria after seeking help for the condition at the city’s Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dailystar reports. Haemolacria is a physical…
Executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib has announced that all states in the country have received supplies of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which arrived the country weeks ago, except Kogi. Shuaib who disclosed this on Thursday March 18, said Kogi is yet to receive the vaccine due to the non-repair…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N3.070 billion for acquisition of laboratory equipment by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire told reporters that the approval was made at the 38th virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday March 17. …
