Health

Health Ministry Counters Oyakhilome’s Salt Claims, Warns of Public Health Risks

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has warned Nigerians to avoid consuming too much salt following a viral…

10 months ago

BREAKING: Measles outbreak hits Nasarawa community

The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of measles in Rukubi community, Doma Local Government Area, just…

11 months ago

NAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Fake Malaria Drug in Circulation

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday alerted the public of the presence of…

11 months ago

Safe Motherhood 2025: TCI Nigeria makes motherhood safer with Family Planning across States

News Update Abuja, Nigeria — As the world commemorates Safe Motherhood Day 2025 under the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,”…

11 months ago

BREAKING: Gene therapy delivers alternative sickle cell cure in US

21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile from Laurelton, Long Island, has become the first person in New York State to be cured of…

12 months ago

WHO: 400,000 children worldwide develop cancer yearly

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, says that every year, an estimated 400,000 children worldwide develop cancer.…

1 year ago

BREAKING: WHO unveils free cancer medicine platform for children in poor countries

The World Health Organisation launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in…

1 year ago

Community Health Graduates Decry Unemployment, Discrimination in Medical Field, Call for Urgent Reforms

Community Health graduates of Foreign Links Campus, College of Health Technology, Moro, Ile-Ife, Osun State (2021/2022 set) have expressed frustration…

1 year ago

JUST IN: NOA sensitises Yobe communities on meningitis, lassa fever, cholera

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has initiated a sensitisation campaign in Yobe to educate communities on cerebrospinal meningitis, lassa fever,…

1 year ago

Lassa fever killED 26 in Benue in 2024 – Report

Benue State Government has said it recorded 26 death from Lassa fever and some other cases of the viral disease…

1 year ago