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World Mask Week: Masks, others only options against COVID-19 spread without vaccine, says Minister

  As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Mask Week which began on August 7, the Minister of Health,...

Groundbreaking’ Type 1 Diabetes Drug Has Been Discovered

Medical Researchers in the UK have uncovered a treatment for type 1 diabetes using an existing drug used to combat arthritis, which could...

COVID-19: FG targets mortality reduction to zero per cent – Health Minister

        With the fatalities from COVID-19 rising by the day, the Federal Government says it is aiming to reduce the...

Covid-19 patient sentenced to 3 years in prison for deliberately coughing on doctors

    A man was jailed for three years after he tried to infect doctors with coronavirus, Bahrain’s state news agency reported on...

World Hepatitis Day: Princess Agba calls for increased awareness on vaccination, diagnosis

  Vice President of The Clem Agba Foundation (TCAF), Princess Catherine Agba, has called on everyone to take action and raise awareness to find...

Hydroxychloroquine, potent cure for COVID-19, says U.S.-based Nigerian doctor, Immnanuel

  Dr Stella Immanuel, a U.S.-based Nigerian-born physician, says hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and antibacterial drug, Zithromax, are potent  cures for the ravaging COVID-19.  ...

Wearing face masks is less cumbersome than being on ventilators – NCDC DG

    The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said its better to wear face mask than...

At least, a Covid-19 patient costs Lagos State Govt N1m daily — Commissioner 

The Lagos State Government says it is spending N1 million daily on a coronavirus patient in all its isolation centres. It includes cost of...

Shortage of medical personnel, power outage, poor funding hit Aso Rock Clinic 

  Shortage of medical personnel, frequent power outage and lean budgetary provisions have hit the State House Clinic. The challenges have seriously affected the waiting time...

Again, another Nigerian governor contracts COVID-19

  Dr Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State Governor and the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum, says he has tested positive for Coronavirus.   He said...

Air Conditioning May Be Spreading COVID-19

  By Brenda Goodman   As COVID-19 cases rise rapidly across the globe, some scientists believe there could be an important, but overlooked...

First Covid-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final trials

  The first coronavirus vaccine tested in the US caused people to produce antibodies in the way scientists have hoped, as the shots...

‘I thought this was a hoax’: 30-year-old man dies after attending COVID party

A 30-year-old man died after attending a “Covid Party”  in the U.S A “COVID Party” is a party held by someone diagnosed with...

Fatal cosmetic surgery: Surgeon, Dr Anu Adepoju, faces trial 

  For carrying out a failed cosmetic surgery, a plastic surgeon, Dr Anu Adepoju of MedContour, is to face prosecution in court.  ...

Remdesivir first coronavirus drug to receive EU approval 

The first drug to treat severe cases of Covid-19 in the European Union has been given the green light, with the European Commission...

COVID-19 transmission: NCDC blames youths, says responsible for fatalities of the aged 

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has blamed youths for the transmission of Coronavirus and infecting the elderly across the country,....