WHO panel split on soft drink sugar tax to cut obesity
An independent panel advising the World Health Organisation (WHO) stopped short of recommending taxing sugary drinks on Friday after failing to reach a consensus. The UN agency said it would…
An independent panel advising the World Health Organisation (WHO) stopped short of recommending taxing sugary drinks on Friday after failing to reach a consensus. The UN agency said it would…
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed off 280 patent medicine stores for various unethical offences in Zamfara state. The council’s Director in charge of Inspection and Monitoring, Mrs…
Photo: Shellac Indian health officials were checking on Wednesday if a rare, brain-damaging virus had spread to a second state after two suspected cases reported in southern Karnataka, as the…
A rare virus spread by fruit bats, which can cause flu-like symptoms and brain damage, has killed 10 people in southern India, health officials said on Tuesday, with at least…
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Adamawa State said yesterday it had successfully separated a conjoined female twins. Prof. Auwal Muhammed, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, disclosed this…
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has raised concerns about the persistent threat of Lassa Fever in the country. This was expressed in a communiqué issued at the end…
The United States (U.S) government has donated about $90 million towards the country’s planned HIV survey, Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said. The survey tagged Nigeria Aids Indicators…
A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Media Coulibaly Democratic Republic…
The Federal Government has rejected the request of Joint Health Sector Union’s (JOHESU) members to enjoy the same salary structure with the medical doctors. Besides, the government maintained that there…
A Sanofi drug for epilepsy and bipolar disorder linked to thousands of birth defects has been banned in Britain for use in women or girls of child-bearing age, unless they…