Health

Vaccine protection of Pfizer, AstraZeneca wanes within 6 months: phone app study

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Protection from two doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines wanes within less than…

Covid-19 cases in Seattle area increase regardless of vaccination status

  By Janice Mejica Garcia EBC Seattle Bureau (Eagle News) -- Nearly a year and a half has passed since…

AstraZeneca hails trial results for Covid treatment

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Drug firm AstraZeneca on Friday announced positive results from a trial of a treatment…

Pfizer Covid jab declines faster than AstraZeneca: study

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 declines faster than that of the…

WHO slams wealthy nations’ rush towards Covid vaccine boosters

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization condemned Wednesday the rush by wealthy countries to provide Covid vaccine…

US authorizes Covid vaccine boosters for those with weakened immune systems

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Thursday authorized an extra dose of Covid vaccine for people…

WHO mass-testing three potential Covid-19 treatments in “Solidarity Plus” trial

https://youtu.be/lfHZgpj36hI The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced major international trials of three drugs to find out whether they improve…

China approves first mixed-vaccine trial as Delta spreads

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's drug regulator has approved the country's first mixed-vaccine trial, a company involved in the study…

Factfile: The Marburg virus, Ebola’s deadly cousin

  CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) -- Guinea has recorded the first known case of Marburg virus, a lethal cousin to Ebola,…

First West African case of deadly Marburg virus detected: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday, the first…

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