Global experts says Malaria can be eradicated by 2050
Malaria can be eradicated within a generation, global health experts have said. In a major report on Sunday, 41 specialists said a future free of malaria – one of the…
Malaria can be eradicated within a generation, global health experts have said. In a major report on Sunday, 41 specialists said a future free of malaria – one of the…
Global rates have fallen in recent years – with a 9.8% decrease between 2010 and 2016 – but declines were patchy. Across the world, one person takes their own life…
The Nigerian Red Cross Society has revived its healthcare activities, particularly in the eight frontline local government areas affected by banditry attacks and other forms of insecurity. This followed the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday confirmed an outbreak of yellow fever in Bauchi State. Three cases were recorded in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) of the…
In the halls of MD Anderson Cancer Center, the drug Vitrakvi is known for having a “Lazarus effect” in some patients because it can reverse late-stage cancer that has defied…
The current figure of under-five deaths in Nigeria gives us mixed feelings, Mr. Ketil Karlsen, European Union ambassador to Nigeria and West Africa, has said. Karlsen, who quoted the United…
People who eat vegan and vegetarian diets have a lower risk of heart disease and a higher risk of stroke, a major study suggests. They had 10 fewer cases of…
Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world’s biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist,…
FILE PHOTO: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference declaring a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn in response to a measles outbreak, requiring…
Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin pills OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, the Sackler family, are in discussion to settle more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits against the company…