Health officials in Northern Ireland will continue to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after its suspension in the Republic of Ireland. The country's National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended the move after reports of serious blood clotting events in adults in...
Covid-19 could be causing lung abnormalities still detectable more than three months after patients are infected, researchers suggest. A study of 10 patients at Oxford University used a novel scanning technique to identify damage not picked up by conventional scans....
For decades, doctors have been searching for a surefire way to prevent atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm that can prove fatal. Now, a new, high-quality study has ruled out two possible contenders: vitamin D and fish oil supplements. The trial, called VITAL-Rhythm,...
Away from the worlds attention, Burkina Faso has been slipping into violence. In less than a year, t..
WASHINGTON, August 23, 2019—The World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), along with the G..
Maiduguri, 13 August 2019 – Following recommendations from malaria interventions in Borno State Nige..
Manila, August 16 – At least 300 children aged 5-9 have died in the recent Dengue outbreak in the Ph..
The co-sponsors of the Ebola therapeutics trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have a..
KHARTOUM, 1 August 2019 – For the first time in five years, UNICEF and partners were able to reach n..
Juba, 16 July 2019 – On 15 July 2019, a high-level delegation led by Dr Makur Matur Kariom, Undersec..
