In a potential leap forward in the global fight against the pandemic, drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental pill for people sick with COVID-19 reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half.

Nigeria’s federal government has launched a new vaccine policy meant to enhance access and use of vaccines for protection of citizens from infectious diseases. The government also unveiled the third

The Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS), has said that it will continue to strengthen its partnership with Chinese mobile technologies giant, Huawei, to provide a digital platform for seamless and effective

Japan’s government says the coronavirus state of emergency will end Thursday so the economy can be reactivated as infections slow. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Tuesday that virus restrictions will

President Joe Biden received his COVID-19 booster shot on Monday, days after federal regulators recommended a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans age 65 or older and approved

United Kingdom has insisted that travellers from Nigeria would still be quarantined. She however said in the spirit of the long-term partnership with Nigeria, she is working with Nigeria’s National

Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans’ protection against the virus. How much

Striking resident doctors in Nigeria have resolved to sustain their ongoing industrial action until their demands are met by the federal government. The strike by members of the National Association

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday disclosed that he had mapped out a plan to vaccinate at least 30 per cent of the state’s population within one year.

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, on Saturday, debunked statements suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccines administered in Nigeria were not approved by the UK. She added that the

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans, opening a major new phase in the U.S vaccination drive

Six top manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccine “are fuelling an unprecedented human rights crisis through their refusal to waive intellectual property rights and share vaccine technology”, Amnesty International said in

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the state aims to vaccinate 30 per cent of its population within one year. According to a statement, the governor said this at

The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF), a brainchild of Global Citizen (GC), an international advocacy organisation and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) have revealed some A-list Nigerian artists set

Additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are not needed for the general population, leading scientists including two departing senior U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials and several from the World Health

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with leaders of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) at the State House, Abuja, over the 40-day-old industrial action embarked upon by resident doctors in

US President Joe Biden plans to require all federal employees and government contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Just weeks after he mandated federal workers get a shot or face

Nigeria’s federal government on Tuesday put the total number of eligible Nigerians that have so far received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at 3,600,858. Also, the government has explained

United States has expressed commitment to Nigeria push towards meeting the United Nations goal of global HIV eradication by 2030. A statement by USAID on Tuesday read that: “As Nigeria

Nigeria’s Federal Government has flagged off a national campaign on environmental response to combat the ongoing cholera outbreak in the country. Flagging off the campaign on National Environmental Sanitation Response