The World Health Organization (WHO) has added a mysterious, yet-to-exist new malady to its list of nine diseases that may cause a worldwide epidemic.As if Ebola, Zika and…
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Two resident doctors serving at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, FETHA, Ebonyi State have died of lassa fever. They both died on Sunday throwing other health workers in…
Introduction At the risk of making sweeping statements, many Nigerians will agree that the healthcare system in Nigeria is moribund, not fit for purpose and tantamount to events…
By Doris Obinna Like some years ago, when the dreaded Ebola reared its ugly head in Nigeria, anxiety, fears and panic have spread across the country, following the…
Monkey pox, which started with an index case in Bayelsa on September 22, has spread to six other states, including Lagos. There are 31 cases, the National Centre…
The Anambra State Government, on Monday, confirmed that a nursing student was killed by Lassa Fever, while 65 others were being monitored.
More than 80 percent of doctors in Kogi State are set to resign their appointment over their unpaid salaries as well as the illegal dismissal of 30 percent…
Kenya’s health authorities on Sunday announced the outbreak of dengue fever in the coastal region. Mombasa County Director of Health, Khadija Shikelly, said 119 cases had been confirmed…
Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja The Kogi State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association has directed its members to embark on an indefinite strike action from 12 midnight of Wednesday,…
Bad water and hygiene have led to an epidemic of hepatitis E that has killed 25 people over several months in a refugee camp in Diffa, a region…