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COVID-19: South Korea Confirms 70 New Cases
South Korea confirmed 70 more novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Ｍonday afternoon, taking the tally to 833, by far the largest in any nation outside of China. The updated figures on the website of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention brought the day’s total to 231, the...
NAFDAC Advises Nigerians Against ‘Maishayi’ Tea
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians to be cautious when taking...
24/Feb/2020
4 Die Of Lassa Fever In Kaduna
Four people have died of Lassa fever in Kaduna, state officials say. Kaduna health commissioner Amina Baloni says two...
24/Feb/2020
FG: Lassa Fever Vaccine Still Work-In-Progress
Olorunnimbe Mamora, minister of state for health, disclosed this to journalists while providing an update on coronavirus and Lassa...
24/Feb/2020
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China Reports 150 New Deaths From Coronavirus Outbreak
China reported 150 new deaths on Monday from the coronavirus outbreak, according to health authorities – a new daily...
24/Feb/2020
Amaokpala Youths Embrace Campaign Against Lassa Fever, Coronavirus
Youths of Amaokpala in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State have joined in the campaign against Lassa...
24/Feb/2020
Coronavirus Puts Global Recovery At Risk ― IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the coronavirus has put the expected global economic recovery at risk....
24/Feb/2020
Another Epidemic, Coronavirus Conspiracy, Is Spreading
Doctors worldwide have been working tirelessly to stop the spread of COVID-19, the new coronavirus that has infected 76,000...
24/Feb/2020
Nasarawa Gov Donates N10m For Separation Of Conjoined
The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has donated the sum of N10million for the separation of conjoined twins at...
24/Feb/2020
Israel Confirms Second Coronavirus Case
Israel confirmed its second case of the new coronavirus on Sunday — a second returned citizen from the stricken...
24/Feb/2020
Experts Warn Of Epidemic From Medical Wastes
Health and environmental experts in the management of pharmaceutical wastes have drawn the attention of the Federal Government to...
24/Feb/2020
Spread Of Coronavirus Confirms WHO Fears, Say Experts
The sharp rise in cases and the geographical spread of the coronavirus outside China confirm WHO fears over dealing...
24/Feb/2020
Medical Consultants Begin Nationwide Strike Today
Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has restated its resolve to begin a nationwide strike from today...
24/Feb/2020
CS-SUNN Extols Lagos Government On Nutrition Budget Lines
The Lagos State government has approved nutrition budget lines across 10 key line ministries in the state’s 2020 budget....
24/Feb/2020
Nigeria Loses $1.5bn in GDP Annually To Micro-Nutrient Deficiencies
Nigeria loses 1.5 billion dollars in Gross Domestic Products (GDP) annually to Micro-Nutrient deficiency (MND), the World Bank, an...
24/Feb/2020
Kaduna Government Confirms New Case Of Lassa Fever
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health on Saturday said it has recorded successfully treated two lassa fever victims out...
24/Feb/2020
UNICEF, EU Train Medical Workers In Kebbi
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and European Union (EU) have improved the capacity of 5,733 health officers...
24/Feb/2020
Doctors Threaten Strike Over Ph.D Demand On Clinical Lecturers
The ultimatum by the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), denouncing National Universities Commission’s (NUC) demand for...
24/Feb/2020
Rotary Marks 115th Year with World Peace Summit, Begins Cervical Cancer Screening
To commemorate the 115th anniversary of Rotary International, District 9110, which covers Lagos and Ogun states, will tomorrow host...
24/Feb/2020
Dysfunctional Structure, Poor Budget Performance Worsening Maternal, Child Mortality in Kano
Mismanagement of resources meant to salvage critical public health burden has been responsible for persistent loss of mothers and...
24/Feb/2020
Kaduna Government Arraigns ‘Fake’ Doctor Who Worked In State Hospital For 11 Years
The Kaduna State Ministry of Justice has charged an alleged fake medical doctor, Saidu Ahmed Ya’u, before the Chief...
24/Feb/2020
Lassa Fever Claims 103 Lives In 26 States
Federal Government, yesterday, disclosed that so far, Lassa Fever has so far claimed no fewer than 103 deaths in...
22/Feb/2020
NHIS Proposes Establishment of National Health Insurance Commission
The management of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has said that it is working to effect an amendment...
22/Feb/2020
CMUL Provost Laments Increased Migration of Doctors
The Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), Prof. Afolabi Lasi, has decried the growing rate...
22/Feb/2020
Doctor Arraigned 12 Years after over Patient’s Death
The tribunal set up by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has arraigned a Kano-based doctor, Dr. Shehu...
22/Feb/2020
Coronavirus: FG Releases N386m, Airlines To Lose $30bn
The Federal Government has released N386m to two health agencies to ensure that the deadly coronavirus, code-named Convid 19...
22/Feb/2020
WHO Says Window of Opportunity to Stem Coronavirus ‘Narrowing’ As Cases Soar
The World Health Organization warned Friday that the window to stem the deadly coronavirus outbreak was shrinking, amid concern...
22/Feb/2020
Ogun Declares Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Ogun government on Friday declared zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in accordance with the United Nations’ declaration....
22/Feb/2020
Chloroquine Not Yet Confirmed Treatment for COVID-19, Says Mamora
The Federal Government, yesterday, said though Chloroquine Phosphate is one of the drugs being considered to be effective to...
22/Feb/2020
Rotary Battles Maternal, Child Mortality, Trains Health Workers
To reduce incidents of maternal and neo-natal mortality in the Southwest region of the country, Rotary District 9110, has...
22/Feb/2020
…Hails ‘Doctors Without Borders’ In Conflict Areas
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday hailed the sacrifices of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in conflict areas in Nigeria....
22/Feb/2020
Surgeons Decry Brain Drain in Health Sector
The West African College of Surgeons (WACS) has expressed concern over increasing rate of brain drain in West Africa’s...
22/Feb/2020
COVID-19: Cured Cases Surpasses New Confirmed Cases – Embassy
The People’s Republic of China Embassy in Nigeria says 2 out of 13 provinces on the Chinese mainland are...
21/Feb/2020
Nigeria Requires $2bn to Develop Coronavirus Drugs – Pharmacist
A Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, Peace Chinedum Babalola, says Nigeria requires about $2 billion to detect, diagnose and develop...
21/Feb/2020
Chloroquine Confirmed As Effective Cure for Coronavirus-China Experts
Chinese experts have confirmed based on the results of the clinical trials that the antimalarial drug Chloroquine Phosphate, has...
21/Feb/2020
Online Pharmacies will Address Shortage of Drugs Supply in Nigeria- Pharmacist
Mr Adeyemi Olutoye, Founder of an online pharmaceutical shop, Drugstore.ng, says establishment of online pharmacies will address the shortage...
21/Feb/2020
Covid-19: 52 New Cases Reported In South Korea
South Korea on Friday reported 52 new cases of Covid-19, a 50 per cent spike in the number of...
21/Feb/2020
EU Gives Nigeria N32m to Fight Lassa Fever
The European Commission said on Thursday it had allocated €80,000 (about N32m) to assist the Nigeria to fight the...
21/Feb/2020
Coronavirus: No Nigerian among 29 Infected Foreigners, Says China
The Chinese government said on Thursday there was no Nigerian among the 29 foreign citizens in China with the...
21/Feb/2020
NUC Approves New Courses for Trinity Varsity
The National Universities Commission has approved four new courses for Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos. According to a statement on...
21/Feb/2020
Coronavirus: Move Beyond Diagnosis To Finding Cure, Babalola Tell FG
Vice-chancellor of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Prof Chinedum Peace Babalola, has called on the federal government to move from diagnosing...
21/Feb/2020
IBB Varsity Commences Medicine, Law Courses
The vice chancellor of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai (IBBUL), Professor Abu Kasim Adamu has said that the university...
21/Feb/2020
3 Iranians Infected With Coronavirus – Health Official
Three Iranian citizens were infected with the novel coronavirus, officially dubbed COVID-19, in the cities of Qom and Arak,...
21/Feb/2020
Medical Lab Science Postgraduate College Harps On Collaboration among Health Experts in Africa
The West Africa Postgraduate College of Medical Laboratory Science, has insisted that when healthcare professionals work as a team,...
21/Feb/2020
China Is Offering Families of Doctors Who Died Fighting the Coronavirus A 'Sympathy Payment' of $716
Chinese healthcare providers are on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak, and several have lost their lives trying to...
21/Feb/2020
Lassa Fever Patient In Lagos Responding To Treatment, Says LUTH
The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, yesterday assured Lagos residents that the Lassa fever patient who...
21/Feb/2020
Coronavirus: Two Former Passengers from Japan Cruise Ship Die
Two elderly former passengers from the coronavirus-wracked Diamond Princess died Thursday, Japanese authorities said, as fears mount for those...
21/Feb/2020
China Announces Biggest Drop in New Coronavirus Cases
China reported the biggest drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak in nearly a month on Thursday. The...
21/Feb/2020
Shoprite Creates Breast Cancer Awareness
One of the leading retailers across Africa, Shoprite has thrown its weight behind fight against breast cancer by opening...
21/Feb/2020
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57,000 Persons Living With HIV In Nasarawa
No fewer than 57,000 people across the 13 local government areas and 18 local council development areas in Nasarawa...
21/Feb/2020
Nasarawa Earmarks N40m To Fight Hepatitis
The Nasarawa State Government says it has set aside the sum of N40m to eradicate the Hepatitis C pandemic...
21/Feb/2020
NDLEA Destroys Tonnes of Illicit Drugs in Bauchi
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has destroyed 16,142 kilogrammes of seized illicit drugs in Bauchi State. The seized...
21/Feb/2020
Another Fake Doctor Was Discovered In Kano
The Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) Under the State Ministry of health, in it's continued routine inspections and...
21/Feb/2020
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