Doctor Reveals How To Keep The Kidney From Been Damaged
A physician, Dr. Olukunle Teemi has charged Nigerians to be watchful of their lifestyle and what they eat as such may contribute to gradual killing of the kidney and will…
Expert Caution People Of Eating Fried Foods
dietician, Mrs Alice Johnson, has warned against the consumption of high quantity of fried foods. Johnson told the News Agency of Nigeria that the consumption of fried foods leads to…
Nigeria On The Alert Over Ebola Resurgence In Guinea
The federal ministry of health has written its heads of departments and programmes over a recent resurgence of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea Conakry, capital city of Guinea. In…
Artificial Eyelashes Can Damage The Eye -Expert Warns
Dr Ibironke Animashaun, a community health practitioner, on Saturday warned women against the use of artificial eyelashes. Animashaun said this while addressing a group of youths called the Estate Youth…
No Fewer Than 1.13m Astrazeneca Shots Administered – NPHCDA
No fewer than 1.13 million shots of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency…
Tuberculosis Kills 18 Nigerians Every Hour – WHO
National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Director in the Federal Ministry of Health, Mrs Itohowo Uko, said Tuberculosis kills 18 Nigerians every hour. According to her, the statistic was based on…
Drug-Resistant Malaria Gaining Foothold In Africa – Study
Researchers on Thursday reported the first clinical evidence that drug-resistant mutations of the parasite responsible for malaria are gaining ground in Africa. Experts have long worried about the emergence of…
FG Warns Nigerians Against Treating Malaria Without Lab Test
Chinelo Ogbodo, Chief Community Development Officer, Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilisation guidelines (ACSM), National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), gave the warning at the review meeting of the ACSM guideline, in…
Astrazeneca Vaccine Safe As Jab Faces New Setbacks- WHO
The World Health Organization said there was no reason to stop using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 jab after several countries suspended rollout over blood clot fears, while the hard-hit United States exceeded…
COVID-19: New Drug ‘Reduces Hospitalisation, Deaths Of Patients By 85%’
Vir Biotechnology (Vir), a US company, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have announced that their COVID-19 drug demonstrated a significant reduction in hospitalisation and death among patients during early treatment. The companies…
