WHO approves second malaria vaccine R21
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria in children.
It is the second malaria vaccine approved...
Nobel Prize awarded to Covid vaccine scientists
Two scientists who discovered the technology used in developing effective Covid-19 vaccines have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Katalin Kariko...
Abuja is setting up another government-owned university
Authorities in Abuja will set up a second government-owned university in the federal capital as a way to decongest the city’s prime college of...
WAEC increases result checking fee by 30%
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced a price increase for its result checker pins.
The exams body raised the fee to N3,900 from...
As promising malaria tools emerge, world’s biggest sufferer Nigeria lags
On a rainy morning last July, Eka Enefiok woke up with a fever, and it was all too common. The food seller occasionally had...