Thursday, October 29, 2026

Health

September 22, 2022

Chinese scientists design face mask that detects viruses in 10 minutes

The wearable bioelectronic mask can detect common respiratory viruses in the air in droplets or aerosols and then alert the wearers via their mobile devices.

Face mask
September 22, 2022

Taiwan to loosen COVID-19 pandemic border controls

Measures would be further loosened on October 13 for Taiwan to accept 150,000 international travellers weekly.

Tourists in Taiwan
September 22, 2022

FG, UNICEF partner to digitise birth registration: Official

The exercise will begin in October and Kano is piloting the initiative in all the 44 local government areas of the state.

A baby used to illustrate the story
September 20, 2022

Ondo govt conducts mass burial for 496 unclaimed corpses

The mass burial was an urgent need to decongest and rehabilitate the Akure and Ondo morgues of the University of Medical Science Teaching Hospital.

Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu (Credit: Twitter)
September 20, 2022

Anambra to establish blood banks to reduce maternal deaths

The blood banks would be established in the three senatorial districts to reduce maternal and perinatal deaths in the state.

Charles Soludo
September 20, 2022

Ebola virus breaks out in central Uganda

Uganda’s health ministry on Tuesday announced that the deadly Ebola virus has broken out in the central part of the country.

September 20, 2022

Sokoto to spend N534 million on 3.1 million mosquito nets

“In Sokoto state, about N534 million would be expended as implementation cost, out of which the state government provided N178 million as counterpart fund.”

Mosquito nets
September 20, 2022

UN releases $10 million aid to tackle malnutrition in North-East

The UN noted that the consequences of inaction were a matter of life and death as more than 5,000 were expected to die while those who survived could face lifelong disabilities.

DR CONGO IDP CAMP
September 19, 2022

Mongolian province imposes quarantine due to bubonic plague

Seventeen of Mongolia’s 21 provinces are at risk of bubonic plague, a bacterial disease that can be spread by fleas living on wild rodents like marmots.

Bubonic plague
September 19, 2022

Millions battle diarrhoea, infections in Pakistan’s flood-hit south

428,098 children under five suffer from diarrhoea, while another 51,191 are being treated for dysentery in the worst-hit province of Sindh.

Pakistani children suffering from diarrhoea