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As the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors enters its second day, facts have emerged that Nigerians spent about $3bn on foreign healthcare-related services from 2020 to 2022. The total spending for the…

Resident Doctors at the University College Hospital, Ibadan have joined the ongoing five-day warning strike embarked on by the National Association of Resident Doctors UCH chapter president, Dr. Abiodun Ogundipe, said in Ibadan that the…

As the ongoing strike embarked on by the Nigerian Association of Medical Doctors enters its second day, doctors at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex in Ile Ife, Osun, have joined their counterparts across the country…

The world's biggest human imaging project is set to rescan the brains and bodies of 60,000 UK volunteers to find new ways of treating and preventing disease. By looking at how bodies age, the study could help predict those…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has highlighted efforts by Republican governors and statehouses across the country to embrace proposals limiting the rights of transgender people, signing new restrictions as he moves closer to a presidential bid.…

The Nigeria Governors’ Wives Forum (NGWF) has pledged to change the narrative by working towards ensuring the prompt release of nutrition budgets in the 36 States of the Federation. The Chairperson of the NGWF, Mrs. Maryam Tambuwal, gave…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged African countries to implement their commitments through policies and programmes that would address the root causes of hypertension to promote healthy living. WHO Regional Director for Africa…

Former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon has urged Nigerian youths to embrace vocational training and skills in order to be self-sufficient and employers of labour. Gowon made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja, while inaugurating the NYSC…

As the lead trauma surgeon at a military hospital in Ukraine’s capital, Petro Nikitin has his hands deep in a war churning hundreds of kilometers (miles) away. The 59-year-old doctor’s work to repair the bodies of some of the most badly…

State and federal health officials are warning U.S. residents to cancel planned surgeries in a Mexico border city after five people from Texas who got procedures there came back and developed suspected cases of fungal meningitis. One of…