Nigeria has received 846,000 doses of the RTS, S/AS01 (Mosquirix) vaccine from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to combat malaria. This vaccine, proven to reduce malaria cases...
Cholera outbreaks have killed 20 persons in Lagos and Niger states in the past week. In Lagos, a couple died on Sunday at the Isolo General...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports that 54 new suspected Mpox cases were recorded in Nigeria during Week 39 of 2024, marking...
By Francesca Hngeior. A primary healthcare consultant, Dr Yewande Omikunle, has canvassed an improvement in breast cancer education in Nigeria. Omikunle said a comprehensive health...
The National Association of Government General and Medical Dental Practitioners, on Friday, fixed October 1 as the date for its members in Kano to embark on...
*Says, they risk infertility By Francesca Hangeior. As the world commemorates this year’s Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month, a fertility specialist, Dr. Abayomi Ajayi, has said...
By Francesca Hangeior. A Nigerian man, Salisu Ahmed, has opened up on how he lived with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus for 31 years. In a recent...
The liver is an organ that sits just under the rib cage on the right side of the abdomen. It can weigh up to 4 pounds...
Benue state government said it has recorded 20 suspected cases of Mpox with four of the cases confirmed. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Asema Msuega, who disclosed...
Striking resident doctors yesterday ended their seven-day industrial action. The strike was meant to persuade the government and security agencies to rescue one of their colleagues,...
A leading DNA testing centre in Lagos, Smart DNA, has released its 2024 report on DNA testing in Nigeria. The report unveils astonishing findings that shed...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday refuted claims made in a recent video circulating online suggesting that Nigerians should...
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, announced on Wednesday that the state has not recorded any confirmed cases of Mpox across its twenty...
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has urged the public to take preventive measures against the rising threat of Mpox, in line with its...
Nigeria has recorded 40 confirmed cases of Monkeypox (Mpox) from 830 suspected cases in the country but no death has been recorded so far, the Nigeria...
The Rivers State Government on Tuesday confirmed discovery of two cases of Mpox infections. Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, who spoke in Port Harcourt, however,...
By Francesca Hangeior. Senior obstetricians and gynaecologists have stated that individuals with female external features who were born with both male and female sexual organs...
