Healthcare

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, is of the opinion that Nigerian presidents have no need to travel abroad for medical treatments, following the inauguration of the 21 billion naira Presidential …

Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has tackled the Federal Government for tagging its five-day warning strike as illegal. The strike commenced at 8am on Wednesday, May 17, and would …

The Federal Government has warned members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to shelve their planned five-day warning strike, describing it as illegal. The Minister of Labour and …

Artificial sweeteners, used to replace sugar in a vast range of products, do not help in losing weight and can have serious health effects, according to the World Health Organization. …

Australia said on Tuesday it will ban recreational vaping and tighten other aspects of e-cigarette laws in the biggest crackdown on the tobacco industry in more than a decade to …

The WHO said Wednesday that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 percent since the start of the year — but warned the virus was still on the move. The World …

The United Kingdom has stopped “active recruitment” of skilled and experienced health and social care personnel from Nigeria and 53 other countries globally, mostly African nations. In its updated ‘Code …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that no fewer than 142 people across 23 states have died from Lassa fever since the turn of …

Tanzania’s health ministry on Tuesday confirmed that five people have died and three others are being treated for the Ebola-like Marburg disease. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said the cases were …

Tanzania has dispatched a team of health experts to investigate a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of five people, the government said. The illness was detected in “a …