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Health

April 25, 2022

Malaria remains public health threat: WHO

Ms Moeti said the WHO released the landmark recommendations on using the first vaccine against malaria in 2021.

Malaria vaccine
April 24, 2022

Malaria prevalence reduced by 14% in Nasarawa: Commissioner

The state government is advising Nasarawa residents to regularly go for malaria tests.

Nasarawa health commissioner Ahmed Yahaya
April 24, 2022

Lassa Fever: Ondo records 34 deaths, 227 cases

The state government said it was working on treating refuse dump sites to drive rodents away from the city.

Lassa fever
April 23, 2022

DR Congo declared new Ebola outbreak in Mbandaka: WHO

The new Ebola outbreak was detected in a 31-year-old man who began experiencing symptoms of the virus on April 5.

Ebola outbreak
April 22, 2022

FEATURE: Myths and misconceptions about southpaws

In some societies, lefties or “southpaws’’ are linked to witchcraft or considered strange members of the society viewed with suspicions.

A left hander [Photo Credit: Scientific American]
April 20, 2022

NAFDAC seizes cartons of expired drinks in market raids

Mr Garba said that items valued at N1 million were seized during raids in markets and other places.

NAFDAC
April 19, 2022

NDLEA visits mosques, warns Muslims against taking hard drugs

The imam of Rafukka Juma’at mosque, Husamat Babangida, said such an initiative was a welcome development.

NDLEA
April 18, 2022

SPECIAL: How Bayelsa oil-producing communities defy public health hazards, preserve dead bodies indoors

Scientific studies have warned that undue exposure to preservatives formalin could be responsible for various types of cancer in both humans and animals.

A view of the Swali market alongside the river Nun, in Yenagoa, the capital of Nigeria's oil state of Bayelsa November 27, 2012. Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters
April 16, 2022

Brain drain affecting health workers in government hospitals: NMA

“Doctors too fall ill, nurses fall ill, and you don’t want to be a victim of a failed system. So we are trying to make it work for everybody.”

Nigerian Medical Association
April 15, 2022

Expert unveils therapy to make genitally mutilated females enjoy sex

No fewer that 20 million Nigerian girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM).

Female Genital Mutilation