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ADF STAFF With the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, African countries responded quickly by closing borders and locking down the populations to prevent the spread of the potentially fatal respiratory disease. Public health experts…

ADF STAFF Months of declining cases of COVID-19 throughout Africa have given rise to a burgeoning sense of optimism among health experts and officials. But it is a cautious optimism, tempered by nearly two years of hard-won progress. Dr.…

ADF STAFF When Dr. Angelique Coetzee first noticed what turned out to be a new variant of COVID-19 in South Africa last year, it was a set of unfamiliar symptoms that piqued her curiosity. Coetzee, a private practitioner and former chair…

ADF STAFF Even as countries around the world return to pre-pandemic patterns, the World Health Organization (WHO) says it is tracking about 200 offshoots of the omicron variant of COVID-19 and warning of the potential for a new deadly…

ADF STAFF Weekly COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations have decreased globally, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare that the pandemic’s end is “in sight.” Although deaths from COVID-19 during a one-week period…

ADF STAFF Recent research suggests that COVID-19’s impact on the respiratory system can open the way for potentially deadly bacterial infections. These infections occur because COVID-19 harms the cells lining the airways and lungs that…

ADF STAFF Rapid COVID-19 testing and oral antiviral medication may help end the pandemic, experts say. To enhance such measures on the continent, health ministries in several sub-Saharan African countries are participating in the…

ADF STAFF The risks of COVID-19 patients suffering from mental disorders, such as psychosis, seizures, brain fog and dementia remained heightened in some people two years after contracting the virus, according to a new study. The…

ADF STAFF Nigeria should make COVID-19 care a routine part of patient management as the country grapples with its fifth wave of the pandemic, according to Dr. Iorhen Akase. Doing so will help reduce the pandemic’s burden to the…

ADF STAFF New strains of COVID-19 continue to be particularly dangerous for people living with HIV, the World Health Organization reports. As the omicron variant became the predominant strain globally, HIV-positive people did not…