LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Australia has become the first country to scrap a coronavirus vaccine project after a shot developed as part of the $750 million plan led trial participants to falsely test positive for HIV. The University of Queensland and the Australian biotech firm CSL had been conducting clinical trials on a prototype vaccine with…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Plans by UK government to hand over a Covid-19 vaccination identity card proving they have received the sought-after coronavirus jab and urged to keep it with them at all times has come under attack. “Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccination card could ‘pave the way’ for a full national ID system while creating a two-tier county where…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry. The Vienna-based UN agency said in a statement that its 53 member states had voted 27-25, with one abstention, to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued public health advisory for all members of the public to increase awareness about the continued risks relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. It offered advice on the measures that need to be taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the upcoming Christmas and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has encouraged health workers nationwide to see their profession as a very noble one through which they can render selfless service to humanity. Speaking to health workers recently at the Annunciation Specialist Hospital, Enugu, Obi…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempts by the Ogun State Government to prevent cholera from killing schoolchildren in the state have boomeranged after it went awry. An exercise initiated to deworm no fewer than 700,000 schoolchildren in 14 local government areas of the state this year has allegedly taken the lives of two pupils who were given…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s eldest son, has tested positive for the coronavirus, a spokesman told CNN on Friday. He is one of the frontliners of the no mask campaigners Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining out at his cabin since the result,” the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An illness with symptoms such as headache, red eyes, loss of appetite, inability to urinate or defecate and convulsion has resulted in the death of 50 persons Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. Victims’ ages were between 25 and 40 years, reports said. While the state government still grapples with what…