Health

Since the beginning of July, there has been a staggering rise in the number of cases of diphtheria in several states in Nigeria. The bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheria is the primary

In Asaba and the surrounding areas, the Delta State Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs, and Unwholesome Processed Foods has closed 57 patent medicine stores. After a two-day exercise to

Following the commencement of their industrial action on July 26, 2023, President Bola Tinubu approved on Friday the waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order imposed against striking members

Governor of Abia State Alex Otti has said one of the goals of his administration is to provide the people of the state with adequate health facilities Governor Otti at

On Sunday, the Ogun State Government issued an alert on the outbreak of cholera in the Ijebu North Local Government Area. Dr. Tomi Coker, the special adviser on health to

Scientists in the UK and Belgium think they have figured out how brain cells die in Alzheimer’s disease. It has been a mystery and a source of scientific debate for

Female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, assaulted and in some cases raped by colleagues, a major analysis of NHS staff has found. BBC News has spoken to women

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has returned to the country after almost three months of medical treatment in Germany. Akeredolu during a meeting with key stakeholders from Ondo State

US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday evening and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House says. The 72-year-old, who is vaccinated and has received boosters,

Reports of an outbreak of the new, deadly COVID-19 variant in Nigeria have been denied by the federal government of the country through the Ministry of Health. Recall that a

The new EG.5 and BA.2.86 subvariants of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been reported, although the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended their planned nationwide protest after a closed-door meeting with Senate officials  yesterday.  Mr. Orji in a telephone conversation, said the initially

Osun State government has revealed its plans to commence free medical care and surgical palliative for the residents of the state. Jola Akintola, the state’s commissioner for Health, in a

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has declared its support for the striking resident doctors and has called on the federal government to rethink its implementation of the ‘No Work, No

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has revealed it’s plans to embark on peaceful protests from Wednesday, August 9, 2023, if the Federal Government does not meet its demands.

Artificial intelligence can “safely” read breast cancer screening images, a Swedish study suggests. Researchers led by a team at Lund University found computer-aided detection could spot cancer at a “similar

The government’s plan to raise doctors’ basic salaries by 25% was rejected on Saturday by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), who said that it fell short of what