Public Health
Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass 4.63 million
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,635,599 as of Monday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control...
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Moderna starts COVID-19 vaccine trial on children less than 12 years old
American drugmaker Moderna announced Tuesday that the first group of children participants have been vaccinated in its COVID-19 vaccine trial....
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Patients with NCDs want enjoined in NHIF
Patients with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) want the national government to allow them benefit from the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHF)...
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China to aid 19 more African nations with COVID-19 vaccines
China has provided COVID-19 vaccine aid to Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe and will aid 19 more African countries as part...
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Kenya’s slum health facility offers lifeline to pregnant mothers amid pandemic
The Lengo medical clinic, located at the heart of one of the largest slums in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is...
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Alzheimer’s disease: obesity may worsen its effects – new research
Matteo De Marco, University of Sheffield and Annalena Venneri, University of Sheffield Being overweight increases the risk of many serious...
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UK finds more coronavirus cases with ‘concerning’ mutations
Public Health England is investigating cases of coronavirus with 'worrying' new genetic changes that have been found in some regions...
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Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the COVID-19 response
Jules Siedenburg, University of East Anglia and John Paul Cauchi, Queensland University of Technology When a pandemic hits, questions that...
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WHO official warns of continued transmission of coronavirus even after wide vaccinations
A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has warned of the risk of continued transmission of the novel coronavirus even...
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South African scientists who discovered new COVID-19 variant share what they know
Willem Hanekom, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Tulio de Oliveira, University of KwaZulu-Natal Late last year the Network for Genomic Surveillance...
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