health

Brain-eating amoeba claims life of 73-year-old Indian woman

A 73-year-old woman from Nellikuzhi in Kothamangalam, within Ernakulam district, India, has died after…

FG closely monitors Ebola situation after outbreak in Congo, Uganda

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has intensified surveillance and preparedness…

Ogun confirms full recovery of victims in Ijebu-Ode gas incident

  The Ogun State Government has disclosed that all persons admitted at the State…

DRC reports 80 deaths in new Ebola outbreak, says no vaccine available

  A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has caused…

Hantavirus exposure fears prompt quarantine of cruise repatriation group in Australia

Six individuals who had been on a cruise vessel connected to a hantavirus outbreak…

UUTH health workers declare indefinite strike after EFCC raid

  Medical doctors and health workers at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital have…

Hantavirus case reported among Americans evacuated from cruise ship

A chartered aircraft carrying 17 American passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship…

Cruise ship hit by deadly hantavirus outbreak arrives Spain

A Dutch-flagged cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain’s Canary…

US intensifies response to hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

American health authorities have stepped up measures to contain a hantavirus outbreak linked to…

Concern grows after BBNaija star Ilebaye shares disturbing live video

Winner of the 2023 Big Brother Naija All Stars edition, Ilebaye Odiniya, has stirred…

Seven ways to prevent hantavirus

  With Nigeria currently battling a severe Lassa fever outbreak (recently over 663 cases…

Third UK national tests positive for hantavirus

  A third British national has been diagnosed with suspected hantavirus on the remote…

WHO warns of more but limited hantavirus cases

  The World Health Organization said Thursday that more cases of hantavirus could emerge…

US CDC declares level 3 emergency over hantavirus cruise ship outbreak

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified the ongoing hantavirus…

Passengers across 12 countries traced after fatal hantavirus outbreak

Health authorities remain confident that the recent hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship…