Seasonal influenza and its prevention
Seasonal influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses that circulate in all parts of the world. It...
Tackling Nigeria’s Medication Management Challenges of Access and Adherence
Access to necessary medications for illnesses such as HIV/AIDS can be a struggle for patients in emerging markets like Nigeria...
WHO recommends against the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its living guideline on COVID-19 therapeutics to include convalescent plasma. For non-severe COVID-19...
The world’s first pill to treat COVID-19 set for approval
Merck and Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics today announced that the submission of an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) application to the...
Progress towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women has stalled
In the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative, UNAIDS and partners warn that progress towards ending...
Chinese firm’s COVID-19 vaccine gets WHO approval
WHO today validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities the assurance that it...
Download US FDA report on Johnson & Johnson’s single dose COVID-19 vaccine
The COVID-19 vaccine by Johnson & Johnson is on track to become the latest vaccine in the global fight against...
There is an approved treatment for Ebola
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ebanga (Ansuvimab-zykl), a human monoclonal antibody, for the treatment for Zaire ebolavirus (Ebolavirus) infection...
There is a new promising drug combination for melanoma
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) have identified a potential drug combination...
NAFDAC raises alarm on the use of anti-inflammatory drugs
Late October 2020, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it received a report about...
