Nigerian Agency Says Malaria Vaccine Could Protect Millions

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https://gdb.voanews.com/09d40000-0a00-0242-b82e-08da91ad6f07_w800_h450.jpgNige­ri­a’s Nation­al Agency for Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion and Con­trol, NAFDAC, announced a pro­vi­sion­al approval of the R21 vac­cine dur­ing a media brief­ing on Mon­day. The reg­u­la­to­ry agen­cy’s con­sent came days after Ghana approved the vac­cine. NAFDAC said the vac­cine is 70 to 80 per­cent effi­cient in pre­vent­ing the mos­qui­­to-borne dis­ease and could pro­tect millions…

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Canada’s public broadcaster pauses Twitter account, joining U.S. outlets

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This sto­ry, plus Fox News-Dom­in­ion defama­tion tri­al to begin today, new data from Pew Research Cen­ter on Amer­i­cans’ pod­cast lis­ten­ing habits and atti­tudes and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Apr 18, 2023Canada’s pub­lic broad­cast­er paus­es Twit­ter over ‘gov­­ern­­ment-fund­ed’ tag Andrew Jeong / The Wash­ing­ton Post Apr 18, 2023Fox News and Domin­ion tri­al […] The…

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Joe Biden’s Ireland trip reinforces narrative of the American dream

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b8251e2f597ce4158ea865fbcd0063da5246a80c/44_119_3379_2027/master/3379.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=518288be2796dfff0feaa371b8a91162US president’s ‘home­com­ing’ vis­it has alchemised pol­i­tics, diplo­ma­cy and the per­son­al into a feel­go­od glow for vis­i­tor and hosts John F Kennedy set the tem­plate for US pres­i­den­tial for­ays to Ire­land with a rap­tur­ous vis­it in 1963 that he called the best four days of his life. Joe Biden’s vis­it this week did not quite match that…

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‘Keep your head down’ — Americans in Russia tread carefully after arrest of US journalist

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MOSCOW — If Amer­i­cans in Rus­sia were wor­ried before, they now have an extra rea­son to be con­cerned.  The arrest of the Wall Street Jour­nal reporter Evan Ger­shkovich has sent rip­ples of alarm through the com­mu­ni­ty of Amer­i­can jour­nal­ists in Rus­sia, leav­ing many in the coun­try won­der­ing who, if any­one, might be next.  Ger­shkovich was seized by FSB security…

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Top Questions Remain Following VP Harris’ Africa Visit

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Unit­ed States Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris com­plet­ed a three-nation African Tour, vis­it­ing Ghana, Zam­bia, and Tan­za­nia. “It was an hon­our being in Ghana, Tan­za­nia and Zam­bia – strength­en­ing the very impor­tant rela­tion­ship and friend­ship between the peo­ple of the Unit­ed States and those who live on the con­ti­nent of Africa” Tweet­ed Kamala Har­ris. What inspired…

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