Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 booster significantly revved up adults’ virus-fighting antibodies, the company said Friday, releasing early findings from a rigorous study of the new shots. Booster doses tweaked to target the most common omicron strain rolled out in early September, and the Food and Drug Administration said the latest data should […]

Source: news24.com Zimbabwe announced the approval of the use of an injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drug.Zimbabwe announced the approval of the use of an injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drug.PHOTO: Luke Dray/Getty Images/StringerZimbabwe is the first African country to approve the once-every-two-months injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drug.The drug will be part […]

By GNA-September 20, 2022 The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has advised men to see qualified medical doctors when they have urinary problems for proper diagnosis and treatment. Professor James Edward Mensah, Head, the Department of Surgery, said this was important because the hospital was receiving more patients with advanced stages of […]

An E. coli outbreak that was first detected largely in the Midwest is growing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. There are now reported illnesses in New York and Kentucky in addition to those previously recorded in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Though the CDC said the specific […]

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced that it would embark on a massive clean-up exercise tomorrow, Saturday, September 3, 2022, within its jurisdiction. The areas that the exercise would take place are Ashiedu-Keteke, Ablekuma South and Okaikoi South Sub-Metropolitan Districts. A statement signed by Mr Gilbert Nii Ankrah, the […]