April 2021 Nature; Recently there was an announcement1 of a US$30 million grant awarded to the nonprofit health organization PATH by the US government’s President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). The grant funded a consortium of seven institutions in the USA, the UK and Australia to support African countries in the improved use …

April 2021 Reuters ; China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine was 67% effective in preventing symptomatic infection, data from a huge real-world study inChile has shown, a potential boost for the jab which has come under scrutiny over its level of protection against the virus. The CoronaVac vaccine was 85% effective in …

April 2021 the standard ;The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Council has imposed a Sh500,000 fine on three nursing care facilities. This is after the three facilities issued a misleading advertisement that they would offer home-based ICU care for Covid-19 patients at a prescribed fee. The council said the three; …

April 2021 Businessdaily; Medical insurers in Kenya will from next month foot Covid-19 vaccination bills for policy holders ahead of July when the importation of the vaccines would be open to private firms. The Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) directed the insurers to update the policies to cover the Covid-19 jabs …

April 2021 BBC ; The US, South Africa and European Union will temporarily stop the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid jab, after reports of rare blood clotting. Six cases were detected in more than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …

April 2021 Yahoo News ;North Carolina health officials said on Thursday that they stopped administering Johnson & Johnson doses at a mass vaccination site in Raleigh and at clinics in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill after at least 26 people experienced adverse reactions, including fainting.  Four people were taken to hospitals …

April 2021 Businessdaily ;A significant portion of chicken and pork meat sold in local supermarkets is contaminated with bacteria, some of which could be harmful to humans, a new report by a UK-based World Animal Protection has revealed. In the findings, released on Wednesday, the organisation says the bulk of …

April 2021 CNN; As many as one in three people infected with Covid-19 have longer term mental health or neurological symptoms, researchers reported Tuesday. They found 34% of Covid-19 survivors received a diagnosis for a neurological or psychological condition within six months of their infection, according to the study published Tuesday in …

April 2021 BusinessDaily; Insurance firm AAR plans to exit Tanzania on reduced visitor numbers to its eight clinics and financial troubles worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. The insurer announced in a memo to staff, it has started the winding up process since it can no longer meet its obligations to …

April 2021 BusinessDaily; A doctor facing charges of negligence has lost his second attempt in court to block the medical regulator from penalising him for overdosing a one-year-old baby suffering from epilepsy. Dr Donald Oyatsi, a paediatric neurologist, had sought an order suspending punishment by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and …