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Second HIV Patient Reportedly ‘Cured’ in 12 years
By Margaret Farley Steele It was 12 years ago that a German patient was seemingly cured of HIV. Now doctors in the...
COVID-19: Health Minister announces second case, again in Ogun
About weeks after an index of Coronavirus was first discovered in Nigeria through Ogun State, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has...
COVID-19: Prof. Iwu says cure for virus found in Nigeria
A Professor of Pharmacognosy, Maurice Iwu, says Nigeria has developed drugs for the deadly Coronavirus. Iwu, a former chairman of INEC, said his research...
COVID -19: 54 persons in supervised self-isolation, says Minister
The 100 people who have had contacts with Coronavirus index case have So far been traced and 54 are under “supervised...
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...
