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A Professor of Neurology, in University of Nigeria Nsukka, Dr. Ikenna Onwuekwe, has urged physicians and new mothers to pay good attention to babies during childbirth, noting that poor oxygen supply to the brain of a newborn can cause…

The UNICEF donated drugs and medical consumables worth $220,000 to the Yobe government on Wednesday. The UNICEF Chief Field Officer, Maiduguri, Dr. Phuong Nguyen, said the gesture was part of the organisation’s efforts to improve…

The Germany’s BioNTech and Pfizer that developed the first mRNA vaccine against the COVID-19, has unveiled mobile vaccine production units house in shipping containers on Wednesday. Aimed at bringing manufacturing to Africa. The CEO and…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 358 cases of Lassa fever recorded across 19 States, even as the world continues to battle COVID-19. It also said that the fever caused three deaths in Britain, diagnosed from…

The Director General of World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus says there are currently 116 countries that are off track of meeting the target of vaccinating 70 per cent of the population by the middle of this year. He made…

Stakeholders in the health sector on Monday, have called on the Nigerian Government to speed up efforts on local vaccines production in country. This call was made in Abuja at a 2-day Strategic Advocacy Retreat on COVID-19 and Health…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said that it seized various brands of unregistered aphrodisiacs in Kaduna on Monday. The NAFDAC Coordinator in Kaduna State, Mr. Nasiru Mato, told the News Agency of…

The Chief Medical Advisor to the President of United States Dr Anthony Fauci said USA has almost reached the end of the "full blown" pandemic, and could reach immunity levels sufficient to limit the spread of the virus soon. Fauci…

Over 817,300 under five children will benefit from the second phase of the Polio Outbreak Response in Gombe State. This was disclosed on Friday, by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Manassah Jatau, he say that the immunisation would cater to…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) unveiled the enrolment of corps members into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), under the NYSC Group Individual Family Social Health Insurance Programme on Friday. The organisation said,…