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The health benefits of waakye, Ghana’s secret superfood

source:https://sciafmag.com Ghanaians are crazy about waakye, a local dish prepared by cooking rice and beans with red sorghum leaves. The leaves add flavour and give waakye (pronounced waa-che) its distinctive reddish-brown colour. The leaves are also rich in antioxidants, which in turn can be good for human health. But the health benefits of […]

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Pfizer study says updated COVID boosters rev up protection

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 […]

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Zimbabwe becomes first African country to approve use of injectable HIV prevention drug

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 […]