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Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case in Lagos

The federal ministry of health on Thursday night confirmed an infection in Lagos that would represent the first person in Nigeria to contract the virus....

Iran’s vice-president diagnosed with coronavirus

  Iran’s vice-president has been diagnosed with coronavirus, according to report in Tehran. s Masoumeh Ebtekar is among 254 people infected with the...

Saving Lives : NNPC Donates Tissue Transplant Medical Equipment Worth Over N200M to Kano Teaching Hospital

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) donated tissue typing and cross match laboratory equipment worth over N200 million to the Aminu Kano Teaching...

Africa has world’s highest burden of diseases, say experts

    …foreign drugs may not work for Africans   …clinical trials needed to develop current and future innovative inventions for prevention and...

Clinical research in Nigeria: Experts decry dearth of infrastructure, data, funding

  The Director, Project Management and Business Development (Africa), Clinique Research Development Ltd, Ms Mutiah Ipaye-Macaulay, says Nigeria still lag behind in clinical...

Egypt records Africa’s first case of coronavirus

  Egypt has recorded Africa’s first first case of coronavirus (COVID-19), Reuters news agency has reported quoting state television. The health ministry said...

FG rush to reinforce defences against coronavirus – sets up 3 centers to test for deadly virus

The federal government is rushing to reinforce defences against the rapidly spreading coronavirus, as it recently acquired the necessary reagents to test for the...

Doctor who blew whistle over coronavirus has died – Wuhan Hospital

  A Chinese doctor who warned about the coronavirus in December and was reprimanded by Chinese authorities for “spreading rumors”  is dead after...

Primary health care to run 24 hours service – minister

  Minister for Health Dr. Osagie Enahere has disclosed that the Primary health care centers have been standardized with the intention to provide...

President Buhari appoints Saad Ahmed as CMD, Federal Medical Centre

  President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday appointed Prof Saad Ahmed as the Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja. The appointment takes...

From Wuhan to West Africa – Living in an era of infectious disease outbreaks

  By Dr. Dr Adaeze Oreh The ongoing new corona virus (nCov) outbreak that was first reported in Wuhan, China mid-December 2019 causes...

China calls for ‘resolute fight against deadly coronavirus as death toll rise to 106

  Officials in China revealed that the death toll from coronavirus outbreak has risen to 106, with the authorities in Hubei province, saying...

Concerns over new virus from China prompt airport screenings for passengers arriving airports in Nigeria

  Passengers  arriving Nigerian airports will undergo enhanced health screenings out of concern over a new coronavirus that has killed two people in Asia, the Federal Airports...

Lassa fever: 2 doctors, pregnant woman die in Kano

Lassa fever has reportedly claimed three persons including two doctors and a pregnant woman in Mano.  The deaths were recorded at Aminu Kano Teaching...

Aisha Buhari urges women to get annual breast cancer screenings

  First Lady Aisha Buhari has advised Nigerian women to visit their primary care physician annually for breast cancer screenings.   ” I...

Plastic of Paris: Hospital MD, wife face attempted murder, negligence charge

    For allegedly attempting to kill a 17-year-old boy through negligence and causing grevious hurt, a hospital director and his wife have...