Healthcare

The deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi’s history has killed at least 1,210 people, while vaccines remain scarce, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The southern African nation has been battling …

Canada’s federal government on Thursday introduced a law that would exclude people suffering solely from mental illness from pursuing assisted death for an additional year. Legislation passed in 2021 temporarily …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed the death of 37 persons from Lassa Fever in the first three weeks of 2023. In its Lassa Fever …

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of targeting the same coronavirus strain for initial COVID-19 vaccine doses and boosters going forward, but …

Residents of Obubura community in Cross River State are calling on the state government to come to their aid urgently amid a cholera outbreak that is said to have claimed …

At least 583 Nigerians have died of Cholera in 2022, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, a …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the malaria report for 2021, saying Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accounted for global deaths from the disease. While Nigeria …

Borno State Government on Friday said 10 cholera patients are currently undergoing treatment in the North-Eastern state. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Professor Arab Mohammed disclosed this in …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has identified the intractable insecurity situation in Nigeria as one reason why most professionals leave the shores of the country in droves for greener …

The Federal Government has approved 14-day paternity leave for serving male officers whose spouse delivers a baby. Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, in a circular said …