Health & Food

Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said there are no specific treatments available for the monkeypox infection. The centre also urged Nigerians to take certain measures to…

Amarachi Okeh A former Chairman of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Dr. Tunji Akintade has hailed the new telephone calls tax, noting…

The EU health agency ECDC said on Monday that the risk that the rare disease monkeypox would spread widely among the general population was “very low”, though high for certain…

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says the country will review the guideline for Sickle Cell Disease in 2022 to improve its treatment as the old one is obsolete.…

A total of 37 more cases of monkeypox have been detected in England and Scotland, public health officials said on Monday, taking the total to 57. Thirty-six confirmed cases were…

Colins Sunday The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has approved the ceding of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia to the Federal Government to serve as the Federal University Teaching Hospital1,…

Increased and sustainable health financing for the World Health Organisation (WHO) is a major tool needed if the world must achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG) by 2030. Goal…

Amarachi Okeh The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus has said that the sustainable development goal for hepatitis B has been met. Ghebreyesus said this in his…

Angela Onwuzoo A Public Health Specialist, Dr. Abdullahi Namadi has cautioned Nigerians against using locally made insecticides, noting that some of them are prepared with unknown chemicals and are therefore…

A team of researchers at the Federal University Dutse, has discovered some species of mosquitos that are resistant to available insecticide-treated nets in the state, except those treated with a…