An Ebola outbreak declared in the DR Congo in early September has caused 42 deaths out of 64 confirmed cases. The risk of it spreading in the region is moderate, the WHO said Wednesday. Health authorities in DR Congo Read more…
Category: HEALTH & NATIVE REMEDIES
When France launched its strategy to fight endometriosis in 2022, it widely promoted a simple saliva test that was promised to revolutionise diagnosis of the little-understood disease, which causes debilitating pain in women across the world. However, after years Read more…
A specially developed cannabis extract relieves chronic lower back pain, according to a clinical trial published Wednesday that experts are calling the first high-quality evidence that something in the cannabis plant can treat pain. Lower back pain is the leading Read more…
A total of 7.8 million children from 9 months to 14 years of age will be vaccinated against Measles and Rubella fever in Kano by the state government, supported by the United Nations Children Funds, UNICEF. Mr Rahama Rihood Farah, Read more…
The Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji Muhammadu Bara Muazu II, and the Emir of Kagara, Mallam Ahmed Garba Gunna Attahiru II, have pledged to mobilise their communities for a measles and rubella vaccination campaign. The traditional leaders made the commitment during Read more…
Misinformation plagued the first rollout of a vaccine to protect Pakistani girls against cervical cancer, with parents slamming their doors on healthcare workers and some schools shutting for days over false claims it causes infertility. The country’s first HPV vaccine Read more…
The Zamfara State chapter of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives (NANM) has commenced a six-day warning strike across state-owned general hospitals. The Chairman of the union, Sani Shehu, said the action was taken to draw the attention Read more…
A former chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Anthony Oyawole, says Nigeria has recorded significant progress in local drug manufacturing, with production of basic pharmaceuticals now moving from 40 per cent to nearly 60 per cent. Speaking Read more…
For weeks, Ijegun community in Alimosho had been thrown into darkness following a persistent power outage. The blackout stretched through Christmas Day 2024 and into the New Year 2025, leaving residents without electricity and, in many compounds, without water since Read more…
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives since 1974, with children under five accounting for 95 per cent of those spared. This is according to new data from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization, WHO, UNICEF and the National Read more…