LONDON: South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province.

LONDON: Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population.

Kota Kinabalu: Currently, Malaysia’s Ministry of Health only provides Pfizer-BioTech mRNA vaccine for the third booster shot for those aged above 60 years and those with other comorbidities.

LONDON: Britain granted conditional authorization on Thursday to the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19 so far. It also is the first country to OK the treatment from drugmaker Merck, although it wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the pill would be available.

Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for children?.

Kota Kinabalu: High blood sugar, or glucose, levels that lead to glucotoxicity can cause a massive oxidation effect. It can happen in the arteries, brain or nerves. Sugar causes the blood vessels to get stiff and develop oxidation, resulting in plaques, clots and potentially a stroke.  It also affects the eye pressure, causing glaucoma, and the lens, causing cataracts.

WASHINGTON: Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.

WASHINGTON: Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine in children but the shots may not be available until November.

Is the delta variant of the coronavirus worse for kids?.

WASHINGTON: New U.S. studies released Friday show the COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death even as the extra-contagious delta variant swept the country.