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India has reported 84,332 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest in more than two months, data from the health ministry showed on Saturday. The South Asian country's total COVID-19 case load now stands at…

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria ( IHVN ) said, over 300,000 cases of tuberculosis are not diagnosed in Nigeria annually, expanding diagnosis for the health condition must be seen as an emergency. The IHVN, Director,…

The Ogun State Government has embraced the Federal Government’s guidelines for the introduction and scale-up of a self-injection method of family planning. Handing over the document and advocacy brief to the Ogun Commissioner for Health,…

United States President Joe Biden’s administration plans to donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to other countries over the next two years. He said as he landed in the UK at the start of his first foreign trip as U.S…

The Ogun State government unveiled plan to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS as part of efforts to continue to integrate and strengthen referral linkages between antenatal care, family planning and sexual and…

India has reported the world's highest daily death toll from COVID-19 at 6,148, after a big eastern state revised its figures to account for people who succumbed to the disease at home or in private hospitals. The health…

The Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba Lagos, has expressed concern over shortage of nurses and brain drain which affect the health system. The NANNM FNPHY Unit Chairman, Mrs. Fatimetu…

The Dietician has warned that being obese is a serious risk factor for some cancers. The Assistant Chief Dietician at Ajeromi General Hospital, Lagos, Olusola Malomo said,“Being overweight can predispose an individual to diabetes,…

Authorities in 92 countries shut down 113,000 websites and online marketplaces selling counterfeit, illicit medicines and medical products last month, including vast quantities of fake COVID19 tests and face masks, INTERPOL said. The…

A 37-year-old Gauteng woman, identified as Gosiame Thamara Sithole has reportedly given birth to ten babies and has set a new record in the book of Guinness World Record. According to the husband of the woman, Teboho Tsotetsi, his wife…