Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination center as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in Geneva, Switzerland February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday launched a trial to assess the immune responses generated if doses of the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca

Pharmacist Bhaveen Patel administers a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid vaccine to Joshua Labor at a coronavirus vaccination clinic held at Junction Pharmacy in Brixton, London, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP) LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health chief says a new study showing that a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by

Credit: Associated Press President John Magufuli. DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after the president of the country of 60 million people expressed doubt about the vaccines without offering evidence. Health Minister Dorothy Gwajima told a press conference in the capital,

A nurse holds a bottle of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Nurse Isabel Zendal Hospital in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) By SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — Seeking to rebound from heavy criticism of its slow coronavirus vaccine rollout, the European Union said Monday that 18.5 million vaccine doses have

Plastic and reconstructive doctors are seeing a rising demand for elective and cosmetic surgery in Covid-19 times, as wealthy Kenyans opt for laser eye correction, chin and breast augmentation, Botox injections, and dental fixtures. Reason? Working from home has given people plenty of time to do cosmetic surgery and heal without asking for time off

By Angela Oketch Recent reports, mostly on social media, showed that more men are dying from the effects of the sex-enhancing drugs sold over the counter. Experts acknowledge that the controlled medicines are being dispensed with abandon and men, young and old, are eating them like groundnuts. “If you usually experience chest pains or pant

A medical staff member prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — A major British doctors’ group says the U.K. government should “urgently review” its decision to give people a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine up

By Dr Vincent Karuhanga I am Hepatitis B negative but recently found out my wife is positive. How do we engage in sexual intercourse since we need to start a family? Aaron Dear Aaron, People mainly get infected with the Hepatitis B virus through sexual intercourse with infected partners or when infected mothers pass it

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a coronavirus press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday Jan. 22, 2021. Johnson announced that the new variant of COVID-19, which was first discovered in the south of England, may be linked with an increase in the mortality rate. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP) By JILL LAWLESS

President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking about the coronavirus, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, right, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and