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Experimental coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer triggered levels of antibodies up to THREE TIMES greater than those seen in recovered patients, early data shows

An experimental coronavirus vaccine being tested by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech showe…

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Scientists find the coronavirus causes 'hyper-activity' in blood-clotting cells in 'important' discovery

'Hyper-activity' in blood clotting cells could be the cause of strokes and heart attacks in Covid-19…

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Drug used to treat women with advanced ovarian cancer can kill immature eggs and reduce fertility, study suggests

A drug that is used to treat patients with advanced ovarian and breast cancer can adversely affect a…

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Osun SSG,10 Others Test Positive To COVID-19 – Health Commissioner Says

Mr Wole Oyebamiji, the Secretary to Osun Government (SSG) has tested positive to COVID-19, bringing …

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Edo COVID-19 Frontline Workers To Get Outstanding Allowance

The Edo State Government has said the frontline workers temporarily engaged in screening and testing…

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Strike: NMA Urges LASG To Pay Doctors COVID 19 Hazard Allowance, Others

The Lagos State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has appealed to the Lagos State gov…

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Covid-19 Scare: Ughelli Residents Abandon Delta Govt-Owned Hospital

People seeking medicare living within Ughelli and environs have aban­doned the state govern­ment-own…

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EHA Clinics Opens Private COVID-19 Treatment Center In Abuja, FCT

State Of The Art Treatment Center Aims To Provide Additional Options For Non-Critical Patients To Is…

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Delta Nurses, Commissioner Draw Battle Line Over Community Programme

Concerned Nurses Of Delta State have called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to call the commissioner for h…

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Health Workers Meet FG Today, Threaten Strike Over Hazard Allowance

The Joint Health Sector Unions have expressed displeasure over the insistence of the Ministry of Hea…

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NMA, NUT Knock FG Over Order To Reopen Schools

The Nigerian Medical Association and the Nigeria Union of   Teachers, on Tuesday, took a swipe at th…

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Nigeria Records 561 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 25,694

Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 25,694 in Nigeria. This is after 561 new cases were…

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Fear Of Another Pandemic As Scientists Confirm Swine Flu

The fear of another pandemic that might be deadlier than COVID-19 was yesterday confirmed by two ind…

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Anambra Govt. Identifies 6 Herbal Products For Management Of COVID-19

Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, the Special Adviser to Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Indigenous Medicine…

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Akeredolu Tests Positive For COVID-19, Recounts Experience

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has identified himself as one of the 32 people that tested…

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Edo Promises Payment As COVID-19 Frontline Employees Kick Over Entitlements

The Edo government has promised to pay the frontline workers temporarily engaged in screening and te…

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Rising COVID-19 Cases May Induce More Hardships, FG Warns

The Federal Government has raised the alarm that Nigeria risks further economic stagnation economic …

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75% Of Nigerians At Risk For Non-Communicable Diseases – Study

Three quarters of Nigerians are at risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), a nationwide study by W…

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Flu Virus With Pandemic Potential Found In China

A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scie…

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Coronavirus: Fauci warns of 100,000 US cases per day

Top disease researcher Dr Anthony Fauci has told the US Senate that he "would not be surprised" if n…

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