Health

At least 15 new cases of Monkeypox disease have been reported in seven days between August 1 and 7, in 10 states in the country, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The following states where the disease has been recorded and the number of cases are as …

The Nigerian Embassy in Mexico says its operations will be stopped for seven days. This is as the embassy announced fresh outbreak of COVID-19 which has infected six staff members of the embassy. The closure, which begins on Monday (today) was at the behest of the Nigerian Ambassador to Mexico, Adejare …

IN celebration of World Youth Skills Day, young entrepreneurs under Henkel’s Street-Smart Entrepreneurs (SSE) initiative, have used the opportunity to commend the company for its various efforts to support and develop local youths to become self-sustaining entrepreneurs. The SSE initiative, where Nigerians can leverage Henkel’s products to earn a living, …

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday morning, per a letter from presidential physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor, in what is likely a “rebound” COVID-19 positivity that the doctor noted is “observed in a small percentage of patients treated with Paxlovid.” Biden has experienced “no reemergence of symptoms, and …

Lakreem Entertainment Inc, Nigerian Hip Hop Star, Eedris Abdulkareem’s record label has given an update on the Singer’s health. Recall that Eedris was diagnosed with kidney failure and has been undergoing dialysis. His management in a statement on Thursday, said the scheduled kidney transplant surgery was postponed. The statement said …

The World Health Organisation has disclosed that there have been more than 18000 cases of Monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe. So far, 98% of cases outside the countries in Africa where the virus is endemic have been reported in men who have sex with …

A scorecard of the World Health Organisation has revealed that more than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B or C, which are the deadliest strains of the virus. The Viral Hepatitis Scorecard 2021 looks at data from the African region but focuses on Hepatitis B and C, both of …

AIDS researchers announced on Wednesday that a fourth person has been “cured” of HIV, but the dangerous procedure for patients also battling cancer may be little comfort for the tens of millions living with the virus worldwide. The 66-year-old man, named the “City of Hope” patient after the Californian centre …

The last of the verbal war between the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and his opponent in the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has not been heard. In response to a statement credited to the Tinubu Campaign Organisation; in which it accused Atiku of lying …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that the Monkeypox outbreak is more prevalent among men who have sex with men. This was made known on Saturday by Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general at a media briefing where he declared the multi-country Monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of global concern. “So, in …