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Osun discharges 12 COVID-19 patients

The Osun State Government said it discharged 12 Coronavirus patients from its Isolation and…

NCDC opens five more labs for COVID-19 testing

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it has opened five more COVID-19 testing…

Why malaria may become severe – WHO

The World Health Organisation has disclosed the reasons why malaria may sometimes assume a…

Stigmatising COVID-19 patients may cause depression, CMD warns

The Chief Medical Director, Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Okitipupa, Dr Akintunde Ogunfeyimi, has urged…

Ebonyi community where pregnant women, others die travelling 15km for healthcare

Travelling from Abakaliki on the Ntezi Ohofia-Agba Road to Ezzagu in the Ishielu Local…

Indian hemp may be potential COVID-19 treatment –Experts

Experts from the University of Nebraska and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute have urged…

COVID-19: Oxford vaccine safe, produces immune reaction

The first findings from a human trial to develop a coronavirus vaccine have shown…

Consider your safety, senior physicians warn 58 UK-bound doctors

Nigerian medical doctors wishing to leave the country for overseas jobs may have to…

Stop treating COVID-19 like malaria, NCDC warns Nigerians

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says though COVID-19 presents symptoms similar to malaria…

Abuja announces one new COVID-19 death

The Federal Capital Territory has announced that it has recorded one new coronavirus death…

Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass 663,000 – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there…

JUST IN: Nigeria records 600 new cases of COVID-19, total now 35,454

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 600 new cases of COVID-19…

COVID-19: Families of deceased health workers to get financial benefits

Families of Nigerian health workers who died on the frontline of the battle against…

NAPRAS decries quackery in plastic surgery procedures

The Nigerian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons has condemned what it described…

Taraba NLC Chairman died of diabetes not COVID-19 – Health commissioner

The Taraba State Commissioner for Health, Dr Innocent Vakkai, has said the State Chairman…