UK study tests if BCG vaccine protects against COVID

By Reuters,

The widely used BCG tuberculosis vaccine will be tested on frontline care workers in Britain for its effectiveness against COVID-19, researchers runni...

BCG , coronavirus

Asymptomatic spreaders may hold keys to COVID-19 mysteries

By CNN,

As US leaders work to control the spread of coronavirus, researchers across the country -- and globe -- are working to answer the mysteries that remai...

asymptomatic , coronavirus

How businesses in East Africa can emerge stronger from COVID-19 pandemic – Report

By Citizen Reporter,

Governments in the East African region are being advised to come up with additional measures including incentives to enable businesses capitalize on o...

Boston Consulting Group

Digital market space to create over 3 million job in Africa – Report

By Sherlyne Anyango,

The digital market space could create over 3 million new jobs in Africa over the next six years. This is according to a new report released on Thursd...

African Development Bank , Boston Consulting Group , Digital market space

No more BCG vaccine shortage, Health Ministry’s Muraguri tells Kenyans

By Cynthia Nduta,

The Principal Secretary of Health Dr. Nicholas Muraguri has today assured Kenyans that the shortage of BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) vaccine has come ...

BCG allocations , BCG shortage in Kenya , Health Principal secretary Dr. Muraguri

China records second highest population of millionaires

By Daisy Ngetich,

China had four million millionaire households in 2014, the second-highest in the world after the United States, as the country's stock market boom imp...