Health

US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday, 07 October for their discovery of microRNA and its role in how genes are regulated, solving...

The health sector is one of the Tinubu administration’s axes of policy dynamos and triumphs. Reforms initiated to upskill manpower, strengthen structural integrity, upgrade infrastructure, provide essential equipment, and ensure...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday, decried what he described as rising cases of drug abuse among soldiers deployed in the various theatres of operation....

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has conducted a comprehensive mop-up operation across various markets in Maiduguri, Borno State. A press statement signed by the...

The Executive Director/CEO of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Muyi Aina, said too many women still die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, and too...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has raised concerns over the circulation of substandard and falsified medicines in Nigeria, posing a significant threat to public health....

The Vaccine Alliance, Gavi and Bavarian Nordic on Wednesday announced an Advance Purchase Agreement to secure 500,000 doses of the Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) mpox vaccine, which will be...

Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday its experimental implant aimed at restoring vision received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "breakthrough device" designation. The FDA's breakthrough tag is...

The mother of Jeremiah Simeon, Mrs Olorunda Precious, is seeking financial assistance to save her three-year-old son, who has been diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, (TOF) a heart defect. Simeon,...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Wednesday, 11 September announced that suspected Lassa fever cases in Nigeria have risen to 7,973, with 982 confirmed cases. The...