WHO hails roll out of anti malaria vaccine in Cameroon
The world’s first routine vaccine programme against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of…
No abortion No sex, Russian women protest
Russian women have warned President Vladimir Putin not to go ahead with plans to restrict abortion in the country. The…
Japa syndrome: Nigerian hospitals facing shutdown…suffer medical personnel shortages
Nigerian general and teaching hospitals are facing an imminent shutdown following the alarming cases of medical personnel shortages coming in…
Four die after drinking HIV/AIDS concussion in Gombe
Four persons have died after drinking a herbal remedy for HIV/AIDS in Gombe State. Mohammed Ibrahim who is the programme…
Vaginal rings good enough to prevent HIV–NHVMAS
Executive director of the New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society (NHVMAS), Florita Durueke has called for the introduction and…
More men waiting to commit suicide—mental health expert discloses
A mental health advisor Naeem Dalal said more African men would die by suicide, if they failed to get emotional…
WHO confirms sexual transmission of ‘monkeypox’
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the occurrence of sexual transmission of monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation set for Prostate Cancer Awareness Walk
As the world marks the 2023 Prostrate Cancer Day, Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation, a medical outreach is organising a 3.3km Walk…
Meningitis outbreak kills 38 in Jigawa
An outbreak of suspected Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in Jigawa, has claimed 38 lives in Jigawa State, an official has confirmed.…
Equatorial Guinea quarantines 200 people after Marburg virus outbreak
Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola,…
Second earthquake hits Turkey, leaves over 1,000 people dead
A second powerful earthquake hit Turkey on Monday with a magnitude of 7.5, nine hours after the first quake left…
COVID 19 cases on the rise in China
Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the coronavirus is now spreading through the vast country. Experts…
Rising Chinese cases of COVID 19 worries WHO
The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday said he was “very concerned” about an unprecedented wave of Covid…
FG removes COVID 19 testing at airports
Travellers in and out of Nigeria will not be required to present their COVID’19 status the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority…
China backs down on zero-tolerance on COVID 19 restrictions
China’s top Covid official has signalled a possible relaxing of the country’s strict zero-tolerance approach to the virus, after nationwide…