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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…

Tallen assures FG’s commitment to end violence against women, children

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to inaugurate…

17 hospital pharmacists test positive for COVID-19

Seventeen front line pharmacists across the country have tested positive for COVID-19, with two…

Any hand sanitizer containing methanol could kill you – FDA

The United States agency, Food & Drug Administration, says any hand sanitizer that contains…

Coronavirus kills 584,355, infects 13,582,690 in 196 countries

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 584,355 people since the outbreak emerged in…