Tuberculosis remains the world’s leading infectious killer, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives last year, the UN Health organisation said Wednesday as it warned that recent gains made against the disease were fragile. Deaths from TB were down three Read more…
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…
At least 4.8 million children aged between nine months and 14 years are expected to be vaccinated against Rubella in Katsina State in the forthcoming Integrated Polio Vaccination Campaign. The campaign against the contagious viral infection is scheduled to Read more…
Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary. President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that pregnant women Read more…
Mpox no longer represents a global public Health emergency, the World Health Organization said Friday, following a sustained decline in cases and deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo and other affected countries. “Of course, lifting the emergency declaration does Read more…
After concerns were raised by many Nigerians about the safety of genetically modified foods, the Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Agnes Asagbra, has said that the government is closely monitoring and regulating biotechnology to keep Read more…
The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday a major chikungunya virus epidemic risks sweeping around the globe, calling for urgent action to prevent it. The WHO said it was picking up exactly the same early warning signs as in a Read more…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with Gavi, has announced plans to vaccinate at least 300,000 children over the next four years in Kebbi State to protect them against deadly diseases. UNICEF’s Health Manager in Nigeria, Humuyin Read more…
The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with more than 37,000 confirmed cases reported since it erupted. WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the extension of the emergency following Read more…