Health

The NIMR boss said livestock and their handlers should be given further attention and teach the public how to prevent the spread of the disease. Babatunde Salako, director-general of the...

Animals showing signs of a possible case of anthrax on a farm in Suleja, Niger State, were reported on July 14, 2023. The federal government, through the Federal Ministry of...

It said the baby developed the sign and symptoms on June 25 and died of the infection on July 7. Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has ordered the immediate activation...

A medical doctor has shared the story of a 17 year old lady who got hit by a stray bullet during the civil war. The bullet passed through the testicles...

According to Mr Ezechi, the disease, which is almost 100 per cent preventable, must be eradicated. As 23 women in Nigeria die from cervical cancer daily, according to the World...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 798 diphtheria cases in eight states across 33 local government areas in the country. The death toll, according to the...

Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), the World Health Organisation and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday announced that 12 African countries would receive malaria vaccine. The agencies, in a statement,...

Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued fresh notice to the Federal Government to meet its demands within two weeks or risk industrial disharmony in the health sector. The...

The Special Adviser to the President on Health, Salma Anas-Ibrahim said the move is part of President Bola Tinubu’s priority agenda.  The Federal Government is set to reduce the importation...