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A new provisional death toll from the Marburg virus outbreak that has been raging for more than two months in Equatorial Guinea has reached 10 confirmed deaths, said the health ministry. 'It had no cases reported in the last 48 hours, 14…

About one in six adults globally have experienced infertility at least once in their life, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report, urging countries to actively collect more consistent data on the disease. The…

After Cyclones Judy and Kevin spread devastation and flooding across the islands of Vanuatu in the southwest Pacific, water-borne diseases are escalating among children in the capital, Port Vila, and in rural communities. Hospitals and…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is a need to broaden the ‘One Health Approach’ and make it a reality, not just a concept. WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this during an online media conference tagged…

Two states in the southern United States have advanced laws limiting access to gender-affirming therapies for transgender children, as part of a wave of Republican–led legislation critics decry as discriminatory and dangerous. Kentucky…

A protester forcibly removed from a chamber gallery at the West Virginia Capitol and later arrested for disrupting lawmakers as they moved to ban abortion last year will see all charges dropped against her if she stays out of trouble for…

President Joe Biden won’t veto a Republican-led measure to end the national COVID emergency despite having expressed strong objections against it earlier this year, ensuring the bill is on an easy path to becoming law. It marks the…

The Committee of Chief Medical Directors and Managing Director of Federal Tertiary Hospitals in Nigeria has recommended a policy to allow hospitals to replace personnel who exited service to guarantee sustained service delivery. The…

Nigeria Government began an online registration of medical laboratories to enhance service delivery in the country. The Registrar of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) Dr Tosan Erhabor, made this known in Abuja at …

A blood test which can detect traces of cancer cells could spare thousands of patients unnecessary chemotherapy every year. Bowel cancer trial is examining whether the test can show if surgery has removed all of the tumour. Doctors…