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WHO recommends use of malaria vaccine for children
By Olufemi Soneye The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan...
7 Benefits of Drinking Lemon-Ginger Tea Before Bed
By Lisa Wartenberg If you’re among the 10–30% of adults who have difficulty falling or staying asleep, you may be looking for ways...
Ripening fruits with carbide life-threatening, toxic NAFDAC warns traders
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says its officials are currently on surveillance...
COVID-19 variants are getting more airborne, making them more contagious – New Study
A new University of Maryland study suggests that successive strains to the novel coronavirus are becoming more transmittable through the air. Back in...
COVID-19: Delta variant full of surprises, dominant in Nigeria, FG says
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Federal Government has alerted that the Delta variant of COVID-19 is “full of surprises” and dominant in...
Prof. Ifedayo Adetifa appointed new NCDC Director-General
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh President Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director-General of Nigeria Centre for...
Nigeria kicks off 2nd phase of COVID-19 vaccination
…warned against hoarding the vaccines, especially now that the number of cases of infection are soaring The Federal Government on Monday kicked...
Nigeria ranks 4th best globally in COVID-19 response, says WHO
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Nigeria’s COVID-19 response has been ranked as the fourth-best in the world by the World Health Organisation (WHO)....
COVID-19: 177,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines delivered to Nigeria, confirms Shuaib
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Barely seven days after Nigeria received about 4 million doses of Moderna vaccines, donated by the...
COVID-19: FG places six states, FCT on red alert as delta variant cases increase
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As the cases of the delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to rise gradually in Nigeria, the...
COVID-19 Delta variant: FG not contemplating national lockdown yet – Health Minister “
In spite of the wave of Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country, the Federal Government said on Thursday that it is...
90 million people living with hepatitis in Africa- WHO
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh More than 90 million people are living with hepatitis in Africa, accounting for 26 percent of the global...
U.S. Monkeypox case from Nigeria: NCDC says no cause for alarm, no fresh outbreak of virus
…says it will continue to detect and respond to these cases in Nigeria as with other epidemic prone diseases The Nigeria Centre...
U.S. alerts of Monkeypox, potentially serious viral illness, ‘imported’ from Nigeria through an airline passenger
The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has alerted that a rare case of human Monkeypox that was detected in Texas,...
4 warning signs of type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that is dangerous and potentially life-threatening. Many people are shocked when they discover that they have Type...
COVID-19: Worst is yet to come for Africa with “Delta strain” detected in 10 African countries — WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO), has warned that as the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, the worst is yet to...
