The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) said on Friday that it has approved a domestically developed Ebola vaccine.

The vaccine was developed by the Academy of Military Medical Sciences and CanSino Biologics INC.

Dr Suraj Abdulkarim, Programme Manager, Gombe State Agency for the Control of HIV and AIDS (GOMSACA) says 50 per cent of people in the state do not know their status.

The Programme Manager, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN in Gombe on Thursday, stressed the need for people to visit designated health centres to carryout HIV test to know their status.

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives ( NANNM ) has called for its inclusion in the formulation of Federal Government’s health policies.
The National President of NANNM, Mr AbdulRauf Adeniji, made the call on Wednesday in Ibadan in an interview.

A new study has revealed that men and women react differently to giving and receiving.
The study published Monday in Nature Human Behavior, found that in women, part of the brain showed a greater response when sharing money, while in men, the same structure showed more activity when they kept the cash for themselves.