The United States has signed a five-year, $5.1 billion bilateral Health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria. A statement titled, ‘Strengthening U.S.-Nigerian Health Cooperation under the America First Global Health Strategy’, by the US mission in Nigeria on Read more…
Experts appointed by the Trump administration’s vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr are expected to review newborn hepatitis B vaccines on Thursday, considering whether to delay the shots despite opposition from many doctors. The newly appointed Advisory Committee on Read more…
The United States on Monday exempted British pharmaceuticals from import tariffs under a unique deal that sees the UK increase spending on American drugs by 25 per cent. The accord aims to “address long-standing imbalances in US-UK pharmaceutical trade”, ending Read more…
German actor Udo Kier, whose offbeat charisma made him a cult figure in both arthouse and Hollywood cinema, has died at 81 in California, US magazine Variety reported. With a career spanning more than half a century, Kier appeared Read more…
US actor Tom Cruise received an honorary Oscar on Sunday evening, the first golden statue of his decades-long career, to a standing ovation from Hollywood’s elite. To the sound of the “Mission Impossible” theme tune, a hallmark of the Read more…
American rap superstar Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, popularly known as Nicki Minaj, has lent her voice to the growing international call to end the violence perpetrated by insurgents and bandits in northern Nigeria. While delivering a keynote address at a Read more…
A US medical panel handpicked by President Donald Trump’s Health secretary made its first alteration to the standard childhood vaccine schedule on Thursday, as public Health experts fear more changes that flout prevailing medical advice are in the pipeline. Read more…
A US panel stacked with figures sympathetic to the anti-vaccine movement opened a highly politicised meeting Thursday on the defensive, insisting that they are “pro-vaccine” even as public Health experts fear the group is set to upend longstanding medical Read more…
British pharmaceutical group GSK said Wednesday it will invest $30 billion in the United States over the next five years, as drugmakers face pressure from US President Donald Trump to produce more in the country. The investments, announced on Read more…
The United States government has issued a fresh travel advisory warning its citizens against visiting Nigeria, citing the deteriorating security situation, inadequate healthcare infrastructure, and the increased threat of kidnapping, terrorism, and violent crimes. Naija News reports that the warning, Read more…