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…
WHO Scraps Plan For Interim Report On Wuhan Virus Mission: WSJ
The World Health Organization has scrapped plans for a team that visited Wuhan, China to probe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic to issue an interim report, The Wall Street…
Governors To Be Vaccinated Publicly On March 10
All the 36 state governors and their deputies will receive the COVID-19 vaccine in public on March 10. The decision was reached on Thursday, after an emergency meeting to discuss…
Five Nuts To Eat For Better Health
We eat and enjoy nuts every single time; they’re crunchy, taste good, easy to find (on store shelves, local markets, and in traffic), and are quite filling if we must…
NAFDAC Urges Mothers On Exclusive Breast Feeding
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said that aggressive marketing tactics deployed by manufacturers of breast milk substitute hinder the adoption of exclusive breastfeeding amongst…
Saudi Crown Prince Has Surgery For Appendicitis
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, has had successful surgery for appendicitis, state media reported. The 35-year-old prince had “successful laparoscopic surgery (Wednesday) night for…
