Federal Government confirms new case of yellow fever in Kwara
Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a new case of Yellow Fever in a young girl in Oke Owa Community, Ifelodun Local Government…
Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed a new case of Yellow Fever in a young girl in Oke Owa Community, Ifelodun Local Government…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended of its 10-day-old strike for two weeks to monitor the level of federal government’s compliance with the agreement reached. The two…
Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet…
Dr Emmanuel Anteyi, the Chief Consultant Physician/Nephrologist at the National Hospital, Abuja has been awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) of London. A statement issued by…
A dietician, Mr John Tehinse, has warned people against cooking moi-moi and other foods in nylons or cellophane bags as it produced dioxins, a toxic substance that causes cancer. Tehinse…
A child drinks water at Kibati camp near the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, file. REUTERS/Peter Andrews Over 500 people have died so far in…
Cancer doctors are widening the net for immunotherapy, a hot new class of drugs that enlist the body’s defences in the fight against tumours. The latest research shared with 23,000…
At least 1.4 million people uprooted by Boko Haram’s insurgency in northeast Nigeria are living in ‘cholera hotspots’, prey to an outbreak of the deadly disease which is sweeping through…
The only EU member states so far unaffected are Lithuania, Portugal, Cyprus and Croatia. Eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil have been discovered in 40 countries, including 24 of the…
The vaccine protects children and adults from 13 types of pneumococcal bacteria, and a full vaccination course costs about $170 India has granted Pfizer Inc a patent for its powerful…