vaccines

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen collected the first shipment of high-potency foot-and-mouth disease vaccines at OR Tambo Airport, marking a critical intervention as the livestock disease threatens beef and dairy production across multiple provinces.

Zimbabwe has procured two advanced radiotherapy machines for cancer treatment centers in Harare and Bulawayo, while Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency reports administering over 174 million vaccine doses in one year.

The West African nation has terminated a Trump administration-backed research project examining alleged connections between the hepatitis B vaccine and autism, a hypothesis repeatedly debunked by major health organizations.

The US Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review Moderna's mRNA-based influenza vaccine after initially declining, potentially opening a new regulatory pathway for next-generation flu shots in Africa and globally.