Nigeria gets 470,000 doses of vaccine from China
By Franca Ofili The Chinese Government on Friday donated 470,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria. Mr. Cui Jianchun, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria made the donation to the Nigerian Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, in Abuja. Jianchun said the gesture was a result…
As many as 200 Americans have now reported possible symptoms of ‘Havana Syndrome’
Ken Dilanian and Josh Lederman and Courtney NBC News:Kube and Andrea Mitchell and Abigail WilliamsJuly 20, 2021 WASHINGTON — As many as 200 Americans have come forward to describe possible symptoms of directed energy attacks, part of a wave of fresh reports that includes newly…
Death on our plates? Assent of Plant Variety Protection Bill and other biosafety issues give HOMEF, others receding hair lines By Judith Ufford
Theplebisciteworld There is no telling that Biosafety issues in Nigeria in the last couple of years has caused hair loss for some and the recent hurriedly developed and assented Plant Variety Protection (PVP) bill has further increased heart beats resulting to high blood pressure levels…
New study finds alcohol caused nearly 750,000 cancer cases last year
Many people aren’t aware of the link. By Christian Spencer Story at a glance: More than 740,000 cancer cases around the world in 2020 were linked to drinking alcohol. One in 10 people in a U.K. survey in 2018 knows alcohol could cause cancer. Men…
WHO: World is in a ‘Dangerous Period’ with Delta Variant
The head of the World Health Organization says the world is in “a very dangerous period” of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the more contagious Delta variant has been identified in nearly one hundred countries. At a press briefing Friday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said…
China certified malaria-free
China was certified yesterday as malaria-free by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. The country reported 30 million cases of the infectious disease annually in the 1940s but has now gone four consecutive years without an indigenous case….
Nigeria Prepares for 3rd Wave of Covid-19
By Abbas Jimoh The Federal Government has said that the nation is conscious of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and is taking necessary measures including provision for oxygen facilities as a preventive measure. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this on…
Obi Calls for more Awareness on Sickle Cell
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has commemorated the World Sickle Cell Day with the Association of People Living with Sickle Cell Disorder. Mr. Obi on the occasion encouraged them not to despair in life…
‘Speculation rooted in utter distrust’: Top Chinese virologist at the centre of Covid lab-leak storm speaks out
The hero of China’s success to curbing the epidemic has become the victim of the conspiracy theory that the Coronavirus was made in a lab in Wuhan, now she’s fighting back, writes Amy Qin and Chris Buckley To a growing chorus of politicians and scientists,…
RESEARCHERS SENT FREEZE-DRIED MOUSE SPERM TO SPACE TO STUDY RADIATION
By TONY TRAN 200-Year-Old Sperm Sure, Elon Musk sending his Tesla up to space is cool — but that’s nothing compared to checks notes scientists launching freeze-dried mouse sperm to space. Researchers studying the impact that space radiation can have on mammalian reproduction sent a…
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