Vaccine
The Biden administration is declaring a public health emergency for the Monkeypox outbreak in the United States, which now counts more infections from the virus than any other country in the world. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the decision at a briefing with top public health officials Thursday. Robert Fenton, the newly […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission. Children across much of Africa are to be vaccinated against malaria in a historic moment in the fight against the deadly disease. Dr […]
The four million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated to Nigeria by the United States government through the COVAX facility have been certified safe and efficacious for administration on Nigerians. Speaking at the bi-weekly ministerial press conference yesterday in Abuja, NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, observed that the agency painstakingly monitored all incoming vaccines. […]
The Benue State Government has said that the Covid-19 vaccine, is not mandatory for its residents who have personal rights to decide whether or not to take it. Since it took delivery of the 50,000 doses of the astrazeneca exactly a week ago, no public administration of the vaccine has been made on any Government […]
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