AdminFeb 26, 20182 min readFashola says 9.7m children die of measles annuallyA medical doctor and field Epidemiologist with the African Field Epidemiology Network, Dr. Adebayo Fashola, on Monday revealed that...
AdminFeb 23, 20181 min readWhy hot water bath is dangerous for babies – ExpertHellen Bulu, a community health technician, says giving babies hot water bath and stretching their arms in an attempt to massage them is...
AdminFeb 23, 20181 min readLassa fever kills one in AbujaThe Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has confirmed the death of one person in two cases of Lassa fever recorded in the...
AdminFeb 20, 20181 min readDrama as foreigners reject Nigerian govt’s immunizationSome foreigners flatly turned down ongoing immunization being carried out by the Nigerian government in parts of the nations’s capital,...
AdminFeb 16, 20181 min readLassa fever kills two pregnant women, one other in BenueLassa fever has claimed two pregnant women and a man in Makurdi, Benue State. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Cecilia...
AdminFeb 15, 20182 min read‎Majority of foreign trained medical graduates fail MDCN exam – FG​Nigerian government has decried the poor performance of foreign trained medical and dental graduates at the assessment of the Medical...
AdminFeb 15, 20181 min read‎Oyo seals 62 hospitals in one yearThe Oyo State government in its bid to sanitise private health facilities and curb medical quackery across the 33 local government areas...
AdminFeb 15, 20184 min readValentine’s Day: Sale of condoms shoots up by 70 percent — SurveyAs Nigerians joined the rest of the world to celebrate St Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, a survey has indicated that there was about 70...
AdminFeb 15, 20182 min readScientists find new tool to fight cancerSmall molecules that specifically restrain a selenium-containing enzyme in the human body may be a tool to fight cancer, a study...
AdminFeb 13, 20182 min readLassa fever: Lagos govt raises alarm, orders surveillanceLagos State Government says it is maintaining relevant surveillance activities through its disease surveillance unit to prevent the...
AdminFeb 13, 20182 min readNo case of Lassa fever in Osun – CommissionerThe Osun state government on Tuesday described as untrue the reported case of Lassa fever in the state, adding that only isolated death...
AdminFeb 13, 20182 min readOyo approves compulsory health insurance for workers, studentsThe Oyo State Executive Council on Monday said it has made the enrolment for its health insurance compulsory for all civil and public...
AdminFeb 12, 20181 min readValentine: NACA asks Nigerian youths to buy condomsThe National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has warned Nigerians, especially youths, to “love wisely or buy condoms’’ as they...
AdminFeb 12, 20181 min readHealth workers give Nigerian govt strike noticeJoint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have vowed to embark on a nationwide...
AdminFeb 9, 20182 min readAbusive supervisors result in less productivity in work places – StudyAbusive supervisors result to less productivity, higher costs in work places, researchers from the University of Texas (UT) in the U.S....
AdminFeb 8, 20181 min readNigerian govt to recruit 200,000 health workers nationwideThe Federal Ministry of Health is set to engage 200,000 agents under its Community Health Influencers, Promoters and Services (CHIPS)...
AdminFeb 7, 20181 min readMeningitis outbreak: 3 confirmed dead in YobeThe Yobe State Commissioner for Health, Dr Bello Kawuwa, says the state has recorded 10 new cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis with three...
AdminFeb 7, 20182 min readKogi doctors strike hits one month, as NMA warns of possible brain drainAs the industrial action embarked upon by medical doctors in Kogi state hits one month on Wednesday, the Nigeria Medical Association, has...
AdminFeb 6, 20182 min readFemale genital mutilation ‘unacceptable’ in 21st century – UN youth envoyUN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, has condemned the practice of female genital mutilation, saying it was...
AdminFeb 6, 20182 min readUCH records 400 cases of breast cancer annuallyThe University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Monday said it records no fewer than 400 cases of breast cancer annually. An expert in...
