Health
Health workers block road in Abia over unpaid 12-month salary arrears
Health workers in Abia State under the umbrella of Abia State Health Management Board, on Tuesday, blocked the busy Aba...
Beware, these 20 things may damage your kidney
Your kidneys are two small, bean-shaped organs that sit below the ribs on either side of the spine. Roughly the...
Stakeholders call for availability of maternal health products
Stakeholders in the public and private health sectors have advocated availability of maternal health products in the country. The stakeholders...
Get tested before taking antimalarial drugs – Physician
Prof. Tanimola Akande, has warned Nigerians against taking antimalarial drugs without first getting tested, noting that it is wrong to...
World Malaria Day: 200,000 deaths recorded in Nigeria – WHO
Today is World Malaria Day (WMD) and the World Health Organization (WHO), has said malaria killed no fewer than 200,000...
COVID-19: WHO recommends Pfizer’s Paxlovid
The World Health Organisation said earlier today that it “strongly recommended” Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder...
Africa needs more local vaccine production – Adu-Gyasi
Dr. Dennis Adu-Gyasi, a Medical Laboratory Scientist, has urged African countries to intensify efforts to fast-track local production of vaccines....
Untreated hypertension causes sudden death, not witchcraft – Expert
Dr. Japeth Olugbogi, an Epidemiologist and Public Health Physician, has said the cause of the increasing cases of sudden deaths...
41 Lassa fever cases, seven deaths, confirmed in Kogi
Kogi State Government has confirmed that there are no fewer than 41 Lassa fever cases in the state and that...
Relaxers can cause alopecia, expert warns
Dr. Sebastien Oiwoh who is a Consultant Dermatologist and Venereologist at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, has warned against constant...