Abortion access in the U.S. was dealt a major blow Friday as a far-right federal judge in Texas halted the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, potentially laying the groundwork to bar access nationwide to an abortion pill that’s used by hundreds of thousands annually. EDITOR’S PICKS Tinubu And The Noise Of Interim Government: … Read more
NAFDAC issued an alert against a weight loss pill on Sunday, January 22, 2023. The alert says the drug can cause cancer and advised against using it. The drug control agency also said the pill contains a banned substance and microbial growth above permissible limits. Eko Hot Blog reports that the National Agency for Food … Read more
Pfizer’s treatment, called Paxlovid, is a combination of two pills taken over five days that was shown in a clinical trial of 2,200 people… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill for high-risk people aged 12 and over, a major milestone in the pandemic … Read more
The pill was licensed for adults 18 and older who have tested positive for COVID-19… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck’s coronavirus antiviral, the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19. It is the first country to approve the treatment, although it was not immediately clear how quickly … Read more
…Only China, Cuba and the United Arab Emirates have so far approved COVID-19 jabs for younger children. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States’s COVID-19 vaccination programme for children between the ages of 5 and 11 will be “running at full strength” as of next week, the White House has announced, a significant milestone … Read more
Several countries have already approved COVID-19 booster shots to increase immunity in people who have already been vaccinated… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a booster shot of the anti COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech is 95.6 per cent effective against symptomatic infection. This is according to trial data published by Pfizer’s manufacturers on Thursday. The … Read more
…COVID-19 vaccines are only approved for children 12 and older, which has stirred concern among health experts as cases in children increase… Pfizer/BioNTech plans to ask for authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 soon. This brings the US one step closer to offering protection to a population that has grown particularly vulnerable … Read more
Vaccine An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday endorsed a COVID-19 vaccine developed by American biotechnology company, Moderna. This comes exactly seven days after the panel, known as the FDA Advisory Committee, recommended the now approved Pfizer’s vaccine for emergency use authorisation, Eko hot blog gathered. Read Also: BREAKING: … Read more
Experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recommended emergency approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The decision is coming on the heel of a 23-member panel meeting to determine whether the drug’s benefits outweigh the risks. BBC reports that the Pfizer vaccine has already been approved for the public in the UK, … Read more
There appears to have been a significant breakthrough in the search for the vaccine that will cure the the virulent coronavirus infection which has brought the world to its knee. US National Institute of Health on Wednesday said that an experimental drug, Remdesivir, has proved effective against the new Coronavirus disease. The White House … Read more