Health

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that the number of Lassa fever infections since the beginning of the year is 829, with 160 deaths. This was contained in the latest situation report released for week 26 by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The NCDC also showed …

The management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan has stated that it has reversed its earlier decision to add a N1000 electricity fee to the service charge of every patient admitted in the hospital. This was contained in a statement released in Ibadan by the spokesperson of the hospital, Toye …

The family of a former governor of Oyo State, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, has called for prayers amid concerns over his state of health. According to a statement issued by his family on Saturday, “We appreciate the public for the interest shown in the wellbeing of our father, Chief Dr. …

A Ghanaian national simply identified as Aba has claimed that she took in and gave birth without sexual intercourse. This claim was made known by Ab while speaking in a recent interview with Barima Kaakyire Agyemang on Step 1 TV. Aba claimed that she has not slept with any man …

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 …