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Women with fibroids can experience painful sex- Gynecologist

A Specialised Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr Abosede Lewu, says some women with fibroids can…

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…