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health news

June 1, 2022

Tobacco kills over eight million people yearly: WHO

The WHO said that tobacco smoke contains 7,000 chemicals, of which several are known to cause cancer and three kinds of greenhouse gases.

Cigarette smoker
May 11, 2022

Aggressive alcohol marketing worries WHO

WHO said in a new report on Tuesday that young people and heavy drinkers were increasingly targeted by alcohol advertising, often to the detriment of their health.

Alcohol drinks
April 14, 2022

COVID-19: Vietnam begins vaccinating children aged five to 11

Vietnam has about 11.8 million children in this age group, of whom about 8.2 million have never been infected with COVID-19.

Vietnamese healthcare workers vaccinating a child
April 8, 2022

Nigeria sets standards for GMOs regulation in Africa: NBMA

“The agency stands to prevent Nigeria from becoming a dumping ground for unregulated genetically modified organisms.”

GMO corn
April 8, 2022

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19

The White House clarified that Mr Biden and Ms Pelosi had only “brief interactions over the course of the last two days.”

Nancy Pelosi. [PHOTO CREDIT: AP News]
April 2, 2022

Polio: Enugu govt to vaccinate 1.2 million children in April

The four-day exercise would be conducted across the state, with probably a mop-up of two extra days for difficult-to-reach neighbourhoods.

Children suffering from polio used to illustrate the story
March 31, 2022

COVID-19 resurgence slows down Chinese factories

Production and market demand in the manufacturing sector weakened last month, as the sub-index for production retreated.

CHINESE FACTORY
March 27, 2022

Snakebite victims flood hospitals as cost of anti-venom drug soars

Patients at snake treatment centres have taken to lying on the floor, due to their facilities being overstretched.

anti-venom drug
March 25, 2022

WHO releases first-ever country estimates on pregnancy, abortion

“Sexual and reproductive health and rights are an essential part of universal health…to end discrimination against women and girls.”

Pregnancy
March 16, 2022

Western nations lift COVID-19 bans amid pandemic fluctuation

In Oceania, daily COVID-19 cases have fallen in Australia but are still rising in New Zealand.

WHO logo, COVID-19