Osun State Government has technically relieved the doctors in its employ, who have been on strike since September 28, 2015, of their jobs. The Chairman, Special Committee on Health, Dr. Simon Afolayan, announced at a […]
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has discharged a 25-year- old student who tested positive to Lassa fever after receiving treatment at the tertiary hospital. A statement by the hospital’s management made available to Saturday […]
A rumoured collapse of the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, shook the National Assembly on Thursday. But, investigations showed that the former Senator and former Governor of Anambra State, did not step his […]
Eating fish more than three times in a week during pregnancy has been associated with mothers giving birth to babies at increased risk of rapid growth in infancy and of childhood obesity. This is the […]
Iron tablets, taken by millions of people could damage the body within just 10 minutes, a study has warned. This is the findings of a new study published in the peer-reviewed science journal PLOS One. […]
A yellow fever outbreak in Angola has killed 51 people, in the first epidemic of the disease to hit the country in 30 years, official statistics showed on Monday. A total of 241 people were […]
The steel research tower rising over Uganda’s Zika forest is almost 40 metres high, has seven rickety wooden platforms and may be the most perilous place on earth. Slap on the equator, close to […]
The letter from Ms Chioma Ogbu, the 31-year-old Nigerian lady, born with cerebral palsy (the congenital lifelong motor neuron disease said to have no cure), to Oprah Winfrey, the world-acclaimed TV talk show host, philanthropist, […]
Controlling your blood sugar and preventing diabetes complications can be as simple as eating the right foods. Certain nutrients that stabilize blood sugar levels and save you from the damaging effects of diabetes are just […]
ABUJA —THE Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that the mosquitoes carrying Zika virus are in Nigeria and urged Nigerians to protect themselves by using mosquito nets. He also called on Nigerians to […]
Health workers under the aegis of Joint Heath Workers Union, Ogun State chapter at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, on Thursday began an indefinite strike, accusing the management of turning the centre “from centre […]
The Federal Ministry of Health has advised nursing mothers to refrain from using traditional medicine and other concoctions in neonatal care, to minimise neonatal morbidity and mortality rate. Mrs Ezioma Madu, the Chief Health Educator, […]
Scientists identified the Zika virus in the saliva and urine of two infected patients, a top Brazilian biomedical research institution said on Friday, prompting its president to urge pregnant women not to kiss strangers just […]
On an early fall evening last September, Chicago police officers John Conneely and Mike Modzelewski heard the call of shots fired go out over their radio. Partners for about a year, they had responded to […]
WORLD Cancer Day (February 4 every year) is set aside by the United Nations/World Health Organisation to raise awareness about cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day is an opportunity […]
The World Health Organization declared a “public health emergency of international concern” Monday over the Zika virus and the health problems that doctors fear it is causing. Zika virus: What to know
The World Health Organization on Monday declared Zika Virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. WHO also said protective measures against mosquito bites remain the most important preventive measure against the virus. Margaret Chan, […]
President Barack Obama has called for the rapid development of tests, vaccines and treatments to fight the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects and could spread to the United States in […]
Childhood obesity is reaching alarming proportions in many countries with 10.3 million African children under five years overweight or obese, according to a report by the World Health Organisation’s Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity.
A 51-year-old man has died of Lassa fever at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba, Lagos. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, confirmed that the patient who was initially admitted at Divine Medical Centre, […]
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