health

Health workers call for more testing laboratories, isolation centres in FCT

The National President, Nigerian Union of Allied health Professionals (NUAHP), Dr Obinna Ogbonna, has…

COVID-19 surge: Nigeria begins emergency operations as cases pass 42,000

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recorded 404 new COVID-19 cases in the country,…

Yale Professor backs Stella Immanuel on hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 cure

Dr Harvey Risch, an Ivy League epidemiology professor has asserted that hydroxychloroquine — the…

Pandemic to double deaths from malaria – Fed Govt

The Federal Government on Tuesday warned that deaths from malaria are likely to double…

NMA submits anti-quackery bill to Cross River Assembly

The Nigerian Medical Association in Cross River has submitted the anti-quackery draft bill to…

WHO Nigeria’s strongest partner in fight against polio – NPHCDA

The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, has…

Dr. Stella’s COVID-19 treatment claim unproven, mere speculation, medical directors insist

The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has reacted to video claims by Dr. Stella…

Resident doctors give FG three-week strike notice

Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have given a three-week ultimatum…

Nigeria records 438 new COVID-19 cases, total nears 40,000

Nigeria on Saturday recorded 438 new cases of coronavirus with the total confirmed cases…

Over 10,000 health workers in Africa infected with COVID-19 – WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 10,000 health workers in the 40…

Man given first dose of Covaxin as phase-1 human clinical trial begins at AIIMS

The phase-I human clinical trial of India’s first indigenously-developed vaccine against novel coronavirus, Covaxin,…

We are winning war against drug abuse in Kano – NDLEA

Dr. Ibrahim Abdul, the Commandant, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State,…

102 health workers infected with COVID-19 in Nasarawa – NMA

Nasarawa chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association says 102 health workers in the state…

Lagos COVID-19 cases likely to peak in August – Akin Abayomi

Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has disclosed that COVID-19 cases are…

813 Nigerians have died from COVID-19 – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night announced that the country…