Health

Doctors sound alarm over 5-fold jump in kids swallowing magnets from toys

  by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse Doctors from major hospitals in England sounded an alarm on Wednesday over a…

Malnutrition strikes children in DR Congo’s fragile Kasai region

by Marthe BOSUANDOLE MBUJI-MAYI, DR Congo (AFP) -- Claudine Kamwanya's twins are barely two but have the ethereal look of…

Covid jab maker BioNTech to build SE Asia manufacturing site

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- Covid jab maker BioNTech said Monday it would build a southeast Asia headquarters and manufacturing site…

WHO approves China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine

by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Friday approved the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency…

Russia approves one-dose ‘Sputnik Light’ Covid jab

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Health officials in Russia approved a single-dose version of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the…

Pfizer/BioNTech jab confirmed to protect 95% in largest study yet

by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The largest real-world study yet of the Pfizer/BioNTec vaccine on Thursday confirmed that…

Mali woman gives birth to nine babies: government

BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) -- A Malian woman gave birth to nonuplets in Morocco on Tuesday and all nine babies are…

Moderna vaccine gets WHO approval for emergency use listing (EUL)

  (Eagle News) – The Moderna vaccine against COVID-19 has been listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization…

Medical oxygen: Why it is lacking and how it is made

by Isabel MALSANG PARIS, France (AFP) -- Difficulty breathing is one of the most common severe Covid-19 symptoms, and as…

WHO jab experts want more AZ clot data from outside Europe

by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization's vaccine advisors called Thursday for more…

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