Health

A West-African country, Ghana has reported its first ever suspected case of Marburg virus. Marburg virus is a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola. It is spread to people by fruit bats and transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people and surfaces. Illness begins …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has placed Nigerians on a monkeypox red alert after the health agency observed an uptick in monkeypox cases in the country. Director-General of NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa who disclosed this during a virtual media dialogue on monkeypox on Tuesday June 28, warned that if the current …

New Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and is self isolating. The 66-year-old President who made the announcement got back to his country on Friday June 24, from the United Arab Emirates where he had made his first official trip abroad since his election on May …

At least 36,396 persons are living with Human Immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) in Taraba State, the state government has disclosed. The state government made the disclosure during the weekly review performance of the Implementation partners working across HIV, tuberculosis and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in the State during the weekend. …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that the multi-country monkeypox outbreak is not yet a global health emergency. The decision was made on Saturday by the emergency committee of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), regarding the rapid spread of monkeypox across dozens of nations. Monkeypox is a rare …

Barely few days after the arrest of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, over kidney donation to his ailing daughter, an Ilorin-based lady simply identified as Martha has volunteered to donate her organ. According to Martha, the decision came after she saw it in her dream that she needs …

Following the supreme court ruling overturning the legality of intentional termination of pregnancy in the country, abortion clinice in the US have started shutting down. The US supreme court on Friday removed American women’s constitutional right to abortion. In a 6-3 decision, the court overturned its historic 1973 Roe v. …

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria has sealed atleast 358 pharmacies and patent medicine shops with the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. According to the Registrar of the council, Ibrahim Ahmed, 90 pharmacies and 268 patent medicine shops were sealed out of a total of 584 premises visited during the exercise carried …

As part of its efforts to preserve the environment for sustainable living and stimulate plastic waste management in Nigeria, the Coca-Cola System comprising Coca-Cola Nigeria, Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) and Chi Limited through its Employee Volunteer Scheme known as “JAMII DEEDS” has undertaken a clean-up of the Elegushi Beach, in …

General Abdulsalami Abubakar, the former military Head of State, is gravely ill, according to Thisday. The retired Army General may have suffered a partial stroke. Abubakar was reportedly flown out of Nigeria for medical treatment three weeks ago. He was flown to Dubai in the United Arab Emirate (UAE), but is …