At least seventy-four new cases of COVID-19 have recently been recorded in Ekiti state, after the Eld- EL- Kabir celebration. The State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani who made this known via a statement in Ado Ekiti, noted that there was a significant decline in the …
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The act of masturbating by astronauts while in space has been kicked against due to the risk it poses on females. According to a Nasa engineer who made the revelation on US chat show king Conan O’Brien’s Needs A Friend podcast, self-pleasuring is banned in zero gravity amid fears any …
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President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, something the White House had taken extra steps to avoid as highly transmissible strains struck top aides, Cabinet members and the vice president. Biden is experiencing “very mild” symptoms and is taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre …
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Government of Kano State has confirmed that it had recorded five Cholera-related deaths in the state. It also added that very strong preventive measures had been put in place to tackle the outbreak. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the state commissioner for health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa at a news …
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Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. It says both patients died recently in hospital in the southern Ashanti region. Their samples came back positive earlier this month and have now …
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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the medical manpower needed to curb medical tourism in the country will soon be realised. This was stated on Monday by Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Education, Prof. Adam Adamu at the groundbreaking for the construction of the Administrative/Senate Building, …
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has implored political office holders in the country to stop embarking medical tourism. This is as the association hailed Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo by seeking medical treatment in the country. NMA told the politicians in Nigeria to emulate Osinbajo by patronising Nigeria’s hospitals and medical practitioners. …
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The Kano State government has shut down 26 private colleges of health technology operating illegally in different parts of the state. The government said the proliferation of the schools, is detrimental to public health, educational development and efficiency of the entire health system. Dr. Hadiza Namadi, Health Public Relations Officer of …
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Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, President of Academy of Medicine Specialties and Secretary-General of the International Federation of Fertility Societies has stated that there are no significant differences between fresh sperm and frozen sperm used for Assisted Reproductive Technology. Prof Ashiru said frozen sperm would not interfere with the fertilisation and clinical …
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The management of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kware, Sokoto State has stated that the hospital renders specialised services that are cheaper, patient-friendly and affordable to citizens. This was made known on Monday in Sokoto by the medical director of the hospital, Prof. Shehu Sale in an interview with newsmen. He …
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