Health

Bill Gates, the Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has explained why Nigeria receives the largest share of intervention funds allocated by the foundation in Africa. Gates made...

The federal government has admonished the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) over its decision to embark on a seven-day warning strike. The government said the action of the doctors...

The Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent subsidy on electricity tariff for public hospitals across the country. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa...

Son of the president, Seyi Tinubu has called the country’s infant and maternal mortality rates an  unacceptable development, seeking immediate action from the government and private sector. He stressed that...

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has warned the public regarding the rising water levels of the River Niger as of August 22, 2024. This alert comes in response to a...

The Rivers State Government has confirmed two cases of the deadly Mpox infection in the state. The health commissioner, Dr Adaeze Oreh, confirmed this at a news conference in Port...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if their abducted colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, is not released by August 26. The President of...

Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centre for Disease Control, said this during a webinar on Thursday on the Monkey Pox (Mpox) outbreak situation in the Democratic Republic...

Brazil has recorded the world’s first Oropouche virus deaths, the country’s health ministry said Thursday, 25 July after two women died of the illness spread by infected flies and mosquitos....

A recent study suggests that taking an aspirin daily can significantly reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in women who are most likely to develop the disease. This includes those...