Experts appointed by the Trump administration’s vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr are expected to review newborn hepatitis B vaccines on Thursday, considering whether to delay the shots despite opposition from many doctors. The newly appointed Advisory Committee on Read more…
French authorities have isolated two people infected with the virus that causes Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) who were among a tour group visiting the region, the Health ministry said. MERS is a more deadly but less contagious variation Read more…
Emergency rooms in Britain are “under siege” from patients with mundane concerns like hiccups, ingrowing toenails and itchy skin, the National Health Service (NHS) revealed Thursday. There were over 200,000 A&E (Accident & Emergency) visits last winter for conditions “that Read more…
The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), through its healthcare subsidiary, Advanced Medical Services Ltd (MedServe), has announced plans to establish 10 diagnostic centres across the country, with the facilities expected to become operational in the first half of 2026. Naija Read more…
Anabel Cano thought cancer had spared her after she underwent a mammogram in the Spanish region of Andalusia. Having now lost a breast to a mastectomy, she feels betrayed. “Why did they forget me?” rued Cano, one of hundreds of Read more…
The Adamawa State Government is set to commence a fresh round of anti-polio vaccination targeting more than 1.3 million children. Addressing a media dialogue on Wednesday on the exercise, scheduled for December 6 to 9, 2025, the executive chairman of Read more…
Bauchi State is providing treatment to 29,874 people living with HIV, Commissioner for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Sani Mohammed Danbam, has revealed. Danbam made the disclosure at a press briefing to mark World AIDS Day. According to him, the Read more…
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared an end to the latest outbreak of Ebola, which has caused at least 34 deaths since August. The virus, which is often fatal despite recent advances in vaccines Read more…
South Africa, Eswatini, and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown Read more…
The United States on Monday exempted British pharmaceuticals from import tariffs under a unique deal that sees the UK increase spending on American drugs by 25 per cent. The accord aims to “address long-standing imbalances in US-UK pharmaceutical trade”, ending Read more…