Nigeria Receives 10,000 Mpox Vaccines from US”
In an effort to combat the spread of Mpox, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided Nigeria with 10,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine. At the official…
In an effort to combat the spread of Mpox, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided Nigeria with 10,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine. At the official…
Spain has announced its decision to donate 500,000 doses of the Mpox vaccine to countries in Central Africa that are currently experiencing a surge in cases. This donation represents 20%…
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved lecanemab, a new Alzheimer’s drug designed to slow cognitive decline in patients with the disease. This marks the first…
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…