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Africa records 1.1m new cancer cases annually – WHO
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 2022 World Cancer Day,...
Ghebreyesus faces criticism from Ethiopia over 2nd term as WHO chief
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is running for a new term with opposition from his own country instead of another...
COVID-19 4th wave formally declared extinct in Lagos State — Health Commissioner
With the consistent plummeting of COVID-19 case positivity in Lagos State, the national epic centre of the virus, the government has...
China Uses Anal Tests To Detect Omicron As COVID Variant Spreads
Chinese health authorities are ordering the use of controversial but more precise anal swabs to detect COVID-19 for a third year running as...
Just in: Omicron COVID-19 variant cases flattening in Africa, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa’s fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic called Omicron variant is flattening. The variant...
Nigeria reports 395 cases of mutant poliovirus 16 months after WHO certified it WPV-free
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), on Thursday announced 395 new cases of Circulating...
Corruption has robbed Nigeria of direct foreign investment – FG
Nigeria has lost a lot of direct foreign investment due to the endemic corruption and graft ravaging the country, the...
World record as U.S. surgeons transplant pig’s heart into human
. United States surgeons have broken a world medical record as they transplanted the heart of a pig into the body of a...
COVID-19: Cyprus reports another strain, “Deltacron’’
A new strain of the coronavirus that combines the Delta and Omicron variants has been reportedly discovered in Cyprus. Cyprus is the...
New coronavirus variants that may render vaccines impotent likely – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that new coronavirus variants could emerge during the pandemic that may render the current vaccines useless....
400 People With COVID Mistakenly Told They Had Negative Test Results
At least 400 people with positive COVID-19 samples were mistakenly told they tested negative for the coronavirus just days before Christmas, as cases...
Alleged age falsification, mismanagement of funds: HEDA calls for probe of FMC Medical Director
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has urged the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie E. Ehanire, to investigate the...
Unknown Mystery disease kills over 100 in South Sudan
As the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to investigate a mystery illness in South Sudan, the disease has claimed another victim. Up until...
3 Nigeria returnees among 7 Omicron cases found in India
Seven persons, including a non-resident Indian (NRI) woman and her two daughters from Nigeria, have tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus...
WHO says no deaths reported from Omicron yet as variant spreads to 38 countries
The World Health Organisation said on Friday the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has now been detected in 38 countries around the world....
Omicron variant now detected in 23 countries, alerts WHO
With at least 23 countries reporting cases of the new Omicron variant, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says every country should take it...
