Ekiti records fresh lassa fever casualty
A fresh case of Lassa fever has been confirmed in Ekiti State. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rotimi Ojo who made this known in Ado Ekiti, said that five…
A fresh case of Lassa fever has been confirmed in Ekiti State. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rotimi Ojo who made this known in Ado Ekiti, said that five…
No fewer than 197,269 children have been vaccinated against measles in the first phase of the immunisation programme in Kwara State, it was learnt yesterday. The State Communication for Development…
They can make test-tube babies, grow human eggs in a lab and reproduce mice from frozen testicle tissue, but when it comes to knowing how a man’s sperm can swim…
Nigeria accounts for the highest proportion of malaria burden globally with 27 per cent of cases and 30 per cent of death, 2017 World Malaria report has stated. Malaria prevalence…
Lassa fever has claimed 110 lives in Nigeria since the beginning of the year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said yesterday. The World Heath Organisation last week said the…
Congolese family, who migrated from Democratic Republic of Congo by fleeing on a boat across Lake Albert, waits to be registered by United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in…
The death toll from an outbreak of the food-borne disease listeria in South Africa has more than doubled from previous numbers given in January to 172 deaths, the government said…
A vast research study that sought to settle a long-standing debate about whether or not anti-depressant drugs really work has found they are indeed effective in relieving acute depression in…
Will the pill replace the injections? After nearly a century building a company worth $125 billion based on injectable drugs, Denmark’s Novo Nordisk – the world’s biggest insulin maker –…
Dr Osamuwonyi Irowa, the Director of Disease Control, Edo, says the state has recorded 521 suspected cases of Lassa fever this month. Irowa disclosed this at the inauguration of the…