The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has declared that there was no case of Ebola in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), after the index patient suspected of having the virus that causes haemorrhagic fever tested negative Read more…
After decades of unsuccessful research, two new drugs and a pioneering blood test have recently given Alzheimer’s patients hope of fighting back against the debilitating disease — but questions remain about their effectiveness. Any path toward a cure also Read more…
The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC) and the African Field Epidemiology Network, AFENET, have deployed a rapid response team to Zamfara State to support efforts in tackling a cholera outbreak that has spread across all 14 Read more…
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Field Epidemiology Network have deployed a rapid response team to Zamfara State to help combat a cholera outbreak. Since the outbreak began on January 15, the state has Read more…
A US medical panel handpicked by President Donald Trump’s Health secretary made its first alteration to the standard childhood vaccine schedule on Thursday, as public Health experts fear more changes that flout prevailing medical advice are in the pipeline. Read more…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has disclosed that the two recent suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever in Abuja, tested negative for Ebola and Marburg viruses, came back negative. The latest result puts to rest a Read more…
The Federal Capital Territory chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its indefinite strike. The President of the chapter, George Ebong, who disclosed this to Channels Television, said that members were expected to resume work Read more…
The new outbreak of cholera across 14 out of 20 local government areas of Bauchi state has claimed about 58 lives. There are also 258 fresh cases of people suffering from the disease in the state. Speaking during the inauguration Read more…
A US panel stacked with figures sympathetic to the anti-vaccine movement opened a highly politicised meeting Thursday on the defensive, insisting that they are “pro-vaccine” even as public Health experts fear the group is set to upend longstanding medical Read more…
The Ogun State Government has issued a public Health alert over the rising number of diphtheria cases across the state, urging residents to take urgent preventive measures against the potentially fatal disease. The Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, said Read more…