Friday, October 30, 2026

Health

July 21, 2022

WHO convenes emergency meeting as Monkeypox cases surpass 14,000

Mr Ghebreyesus revealed that six countries reported their first cases last week and that the vast majority continued to be among men who had sex with men.

Ghebreyesus
July 21, 2022

Biden tests positive for coronavirus

Mr Biden would be isolating at the White House “consistent with CDC guidelines.”

United States President Joe Biden
July 21, 2022

COVID-19 cases surge again in Mongolia

Mongolia has reported 323 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours.

COVID patients
July 21, 2022

Poland rolls out fourth round COVID-19 jabs as pandemic persists 

COVID-19 remained a pandemic in Poland, with the country averaging around 3,000 new cases a day, according to health minister Niedzielski

Adam Niedzielski and COVID vaccines
July 21, 2022

WHO announces funding to roll-out for first-ever malaria vaccine in Africa

The pilot programme of $155.7 million will include Ghana, Malawi and Kenya; while other African countries will key in from January 2023.

Mosquito and Malaria vaccine
July 21, 2022

Katsina govt trains 120 stakeholders to promote hygiene in communities

Katsina State government has organised a three-day training for about 120 stakeholders on behavioural change, hygiene promotion and sustainability.

trainees
July 21, 2022

Acute malnutrition in North-East to increase by 34 per cent in 2022: UN

According to the UN agency, 13 years of armed conflict in North-East Nigeria has left women and children in acute vulnerability.

Malnourished children. [CREDIT: The Cable]
July 19, 2022

Ondo doctors, health workers worst hit by brain drain in South-West: NMA

The Ondo chapter of the association said that doctors are refusing to take up employment with the state because of irregular payment of salary.

Nigerian Medical Association and Rotimi Akeredolu
July 19, 2022

WHO tells Europe to ‘act now’ as COVID-19 cases triple

Case counts are expected to spike higher as people return from summer vacations, schools reopen, and people start socialising indoors due to colder temperatures.

COVID-19 variant
July 19, 2022

Twenty Anambra pregnant women died in six months: Official

“Some faith-based organisations will keep pregnant women and be praying for them instead of advising them to go to the hospital. Faith works, but faith without work is dead.”

Pregnant Woman