medicine

Burundi’s health authorities have launched the country’s first national polio vaccination campaign since 2011, targeting nearly 3 million children under seven years of age following the first alerts of circulating poliovirus type 2 in more…

Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has appointed a new Chief Medical Director, Professor Wasiu Adeyemo. The new Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Professor Wasiu Adeyemo, has said his…

The United States of America is set planning to begin a yearly audit to verify the prices drug makers charge on a handful of the costliest prescriptions covered by Medicaid. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as…

Medical staff working at the Al-Now Hospital in Omdurman, Sudan, have complained of lack of resources as they struggle to deal with the influx of patients. “There is a huge lack in the medical teams and a huge lack in the hospital’s…

The Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) said that its Koviron produced at the advent of COVID-19 has high potency in the management of the virus and other upper tract respiratory infections. Dr Samuel Etatuvie,…

Experts have raised concerns about the vaccination coverage and the waning immunity in adolescents and adults in the country amidst the resurgence of  the deadly throat disease- diphtheria in some parts of Nigeria emphasizing on the need…

Contrary to claims in certain quarters, experts warn that there is no supplement that is capable of shrinking or dissolving fibroid. They warn that, in reality, nonsurgical and medical options for fibroid treatment are extremely limited…