Chinese pigs are frequently becoming infected with a strain of influenza that has the potential to jump to humans, according to infectious disease researchers. Commenting on the development, Robert Webster, an influenza investigator who recently retired from St. Jude Children’s…
World Health Organization drops hydroxychloroquine from COVID-19 study
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said it had halted a clinical trial testing hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment, citing clinical evidence so far from its studies as well as studies conducted by other organizations. The WHO has been…
Dexamethasone significantly cuts Covid-19 death, approved for use in U.K.
The United Kingdom on Tuesday approved steroid dexamethasone for immediate treatment of Covid-19 patients after the drug significantly cut mortality rate among infected persons. The effectiveness of the drug among severe COVID-19 cases, in trial results, has been hailed as…
Another black eye for the WHO
What a fiasco One of the reasons the bulls got so excited yesterday about the reopening trade was a comment from Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit. She said “it’s very rare” to get…
‘Nigeria still testing hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine for COVID-19 treatment’
Despite reports that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine do not treat coronavirus, Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire, has declared that clinical trial on the anti-malaria drugs by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is still…
Coronavirus fuelling threat of antibiotics resistance — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed fears that the coronavirus pandemic will increase the global threat of antimicrobial resistance as many coronavirus (COVID-19) patients receive antibiotics as part of their treatment regime. The UN health agency, in a statement released via its website on…
Understanding The Symptoms Of High Blood Pressure: Early Signs You Must Watch Out For
The most dangerous thing about hypertension is that people don’t know that they have it, which is why it is important to look out for the signs. But before that, you must know a few facts about hypertension. High…
COVID-19: WHO suspends trial of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns
A clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 has been ’temporarily’ suspended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Director-General of the UN health agency, Tedros Ghebreyesus, in a virtual press conference on Monday said the decision follows a…
Coronavirus vaccine from Moderna appears safe, shows promise in data from 8 people
Moderna Inc’s <MRNA.O> experimental COVID-19 vaccine, the first to be tested in the United States, produced protective antibodies in a small group of healthy volunteers, according to very early data released by the biotech company on Monday. The data comes…
Coronavirus in Africa: Contained or unrecorded?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that nearly a quarter of a billion Africans could contract coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic, with between 150,000 and 190,000 of them dying. Africa has had less than 100,000 cases…