An immunisation report released on Thursday by the United Nations Children’s Fund finds that 67 million children across the world missed out on either some or...
Around 17.5 per cent of the adult population – roughly one in six worldwide – experience infertility, according to a new report published by the World...
A total of 922 cholera cases have so far been recorded in Nigeria and 32 of them succumbed to the disease in 2023. This is according...
Lassa fever has continued to spread in Nigeria with 676 confirmed cases recorded across 89 local government areas in 22 states in the country. The Nigeria...
As part of the efforts to stem the scourge of the deadly Lassa fever in the state, the Ondo State Government has commenced the distribution of...
A vibrant member of the Jacksonites Alumni Association Worldwide, and daughter of beloved late Prof. P. C. Agba, Mrs Yvonne Agba-Mefor, both were of Mass Communications...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has activated the national multisectoral Emergency Operations Centre for Lassa Fever to coordinate and strengthen ongoing response activities...
An outbreak of diphtheria infection in Kano State since last week Friday has, as of Thursday, claimed not less than 25 lives. Our correspondent learnt that...
A Nasarawa State medical doctor, Dr Ahmed Isaiah, has died from Lassa fever at the National Hospital, Abuja. Members of the Nigeria Medical Association in Nasarawa...
The Nigerian Medical Association has condemned the murder of one of its members, Dr Uyi Iluobe, who was reportedly killed by relatives of his patient at...