Health

Thailand has confirmed the first known case in Asia of a new and deadlier strain of mpox (monkeypox) in a patient who traveled from Africa. The patient, a 66-year-old European …

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus, which also includes the viruses that cause smallpox and cowpox. …

Mpox cases and deaths are surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the health minister reporting an increase from 16,000 cases and 548 deaths to 16,700 cases and …

The cholera outbreak in Nigeria has resulted in the loss of at least 103 lives, with over 3,000 suspected cases reported. Jide Idris, the Director General of the Nigeria Centre …

The World Bank has highlighted the inadequacy of Nigeria’s public expenditure on education and health, calling it insufficient by any standard. In its report titled “Human Capital Public Expenditure and …

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has committed approximately ₦480 million to support women and children in Zamfara State, Nigeria, in accessing free healthcare services. This announcement was …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is urging the National Assembly to support individuals with kidney disease by proposing a bill dedicated to addressing this issue. He also appeals to relevant security …

Cape Verde has become the third African nation to be declared malaria free, even as the disease continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people on the continent, the World …

The head of Germany’s drug regulator BfArM is considering an export ban on Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO) diabetes drug Ozempic, which is in high demand for its weight-loss benefits, to prevent …

The National Association of Resident Doctors’ (NARD) members have been granted a waiver of the “no work, no pay” policy requested by President Bola Tinubu. The doctors had commenced a …