Category: Health

4 months ago

Monkeypox: Don’t Wait On WHO, Work It Out Yourself – Tomori Tells FG

49 total views As Nigeria leads global death rate in monkeypox cases, an infectious disease expert, Professor Oyewale Tomori, has urged Nigeria and other African countries to speed up action on the spread of the...

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6 months ago

50 Children Feared Dead In Rivers Communities Following Measles Outbreak

102 total views About 50 children are feared dead following a measles outbreak in Kugbo Clan of Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was learnt that the disease first reported in Amurouttoru-Kugbo Community...

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6 months ago

NCDC Confirms Four Deaths and 157 Monkeypox cases,

37 total views 157 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control across 26 states in the country. The NCDC disclosed this in its latest monkeypox situation report for week...

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6 months ago

Goodluck Jonathan Tasks Pharmacologists to Spearhead Vaccine Production Research

34 total views The Nigerian former president said that the world had been experiencing outbreak of viral diseases, some of which were more prevalent in West Africa Jonathan said that pharmacologists and scientists in related...

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6 months ago

World Health Organization Declares Monkeypox Global Health Emergency

47 total views World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday 23rd-July-2022 declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern, a designation reserved for the most serious global disease outbreaks. This puts monkeypox on the same list...

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6 months ago

Astronauts have been advised not to masturbate in space because it poses the risk of impregnating three females

38 total views Astronauts have been adcised not to masturbate in space because it poses the risk of impregnating three females. Self-pleasuring is banned in zero gravity amid fears any floating semen could leave female astronauts...

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6 months ago

BREAKING NEWS:- US President “Joe Biden” test positive to COVID-19

35 total views The President of the United States of America, “Joe Biden” has been confirmed to be infected with COVID-19. A statement by the White House said the President on Thursday morning tested positive...

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7 months ago

by EMILIO LEJIT

“I want to live to be 150!” Famous Nigerian centenarian shares how she lengthens her life

83 total views An Nigerian woman, identified as “Sefi Oyeyemi”, was born in Lagos in 1898. She lived through both world wars, saw the country be led by tens of politicians. In the Nigerian book...

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7 months ago

by EMILIO LEJIT

Doctor Arrested For Raping Pregnant Woman While undergoing childbirth

20 total views A 32-year-old anaesthetist has been arrested for allegedly raping a pregnant woman during a C-section and it is also believed he may have carried out attacks on two more mothers on the...

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8 months ago

Nigeria and Others Losing $95bn in Productivity Due to Unsafe Food In-take

43 total views The federal government has said consumption of unsafe or contaminated food was causing the country and other low income economies estimated $95 billion in productivity decline. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie...

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8 months ago

NCDC reveals Monkeypox can be transmitted through sex

28 total views Monkeypox, a disease endemic to West and Central African countries, can be transmitted through sexual intercourse, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has warned. This is as a medical virologist and immunologist...

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8 months ago

NAFDAC arraigns businessman for alleged importation of fake anti-malarial drug in Anambra

14 total views, 1 views today Obinna Igbo, a 32-year-old businessman, has been arrested by the National Agency for Food and Medicine Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for allegedly importing and selling fake Amanta Forte, an unregulated anti-malarial drug....

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8 months ago

Nigeria records first monkeypox death as number of cases increases to 21

22 total views The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Monday, 30th May 2022 that one person has died of monkeypox in Nigeria. The last time Nigeria recorded a monkeypox death was in...

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8 months ago

FGN RECEIVE M4.4 MILLION COVID-19 VACCINES DONATION FROM SPAIN

26 total views The Spanish Embassy in Nigeria announced on Wednesday, May 25 that it has contributed 4.4 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the Nigerian government to help combat the Coronavirus...

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8 months ago