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Nigeria receives one million Gavi-funded vaccine doses to combat meningitis
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare received over one million pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) doses from the Gavi-funded global stockpile this week to combat the ...
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Preventing infections in individuals with Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects hemoglobin, causing red blood cells to become rigid and ...
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Meningitis Outbreak: 60 die in Kebbi, as MSF warns 80 per cent of patients may die
Doctors say the patients suffer from high fever, stiff neck, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, seizures, and sensitivity to ...
Nine health checks that 'save lives' and can be done at home or in the pharmacy
High blood pressure usually doesn’t have any identifiable symptoms on its own, until it causes life-threatening issues like ...
Nine key health checks on the NHS that 'could save your life'
High blood pressure usually doesn’t have any identifiable symptoms on its own, until it causes life-threatening issues like ...
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Nigeria Actively Combats Meningitis Outbreak with One Million Gavi-Funded Vaccine Doses
Nigeria has received over one million doses of the pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) from the Gavi-funded global stockpile, ...
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Meningitis outbreak outpaces vaccines
In northern Ghana, families are reeling from a deadly meningitis outbreak. The disease spreads fast, striking without warning—one day, a loved one has a fever; the next, they’re gone. Hospitals are ...
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Machine learning helps construct an evolutionary timeline of bacteria
Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.