London, May 19, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The first US coronavirus vaccine trial has had positive initial results, with volunteers developing protective antibodies against the virus, the company running the tests announced Eight people who took part in the vaccine trial developed coronavirus antibodies that give them a level of protection against the virus even higher than those who have already ...

London, May 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)–SEVENTEEN YEARS INTO practising medicine, Dr. Scott Goldstein says he’s recently been able to try a throwback method of care he’s always wanted to explore: the house call. “When the whole coronavirus thing started and our visits went from 20 patients a day to three patients a day, we had to find ...

London, April 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-US President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he may seek “substantial” damages from China over the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the world. RELATED: TOP GERMAN PAPER DEMANDS $165B CORONAVIRUS REPARATION FROM CHINA “We are not happy with China,” Trump said at ...

London, April 23, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The U.S. Government on Wednesday announced an additional $270 million in foreign assistance to fight the coronavirus pandemic. READ ALSO: NIGERIA GOVT SECURES RELEASE OF 60 NIGERIANS LANGUISHING IN TANZANIAN PRISONS This brings the total global financial aid by the U.S. since the outbreak of the virus to $775 million the Secretary ...

London, April 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Donald Trump as “shameful” Wednesday after it emerged that the president’s name will be printed on stimulus checks, potentially delaying payments to Americans struggling during the coronavirus crisis. The Treasury Department confirmed to AFP that Trump’s name will be printed on paper checks of up ...

London, April 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A California man has been arrested this after allegedly punching his mother — who had apparently hidden the family’s stash of toilet paper because of his excessive use of the hot commodity. RELATED: TISSUE PAPER IS THE LATEST COVID-19 PANIC BUY IN EUROPE Retailers in the US and Canada have started ...

London, April 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A potential coronavirus vaccine developed by US scientists has been found to produce enough antibodies capable of fighting off Covid-19 in the first peer-reviewed study of its kind. The vaccine, which was tested on mice by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, generated the antibodies in quantities thought to be enough to ...

London, March 31, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Bassey Offiong, a US-based 25-year-old graduating Nigerian student has died of Coronavirus . Bassey was expected to graduate with a chemical engineering degree in a few weeks. Despite having fever, fatigue and breathing difficulties, Bassey reportedly died of the virus at the weekend after allegedly being turned down several times for test ...

London, Feb. 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Trump administration announced Friday it will restrict the ability of immigrants to travel to the United States from six countries, including Nigeria. The government will curb the ability of citizens of Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania to get certain immigration visas, according to officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and State Department, but ...

London, Nov. 19, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Authorities in the US are currently holding over 100,000 children in migrant-related detention, according to a new UN study. At least about 330,000 children are held in detention because of migration issues worldwide, and the United States alone is responsible for nearly one-third of the number, UN-linked human rights lawyer Manfred ...