Preliminary findings from an Australian study suggest that traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, may lead to lasting changes in the brain.
Two new measles cases linked to overseas travel have been confirmed in Auckland, three weeks after New Zealand declared a previous outbreak.
The Abia government says it achieved 96 per cent coverage in the just-concluded measles-rubella vaccination campaign.
The event, which commenced at the university’s main football field in Ndufu-Alike, was declared open by the vice-chancellor, Daniel Nwachukwu, a cardiovascular physiologist.
The researcher said her team is focused on mitigating the emergence and spread of resistance.
The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday, announced the suspension of the 78 day strike embarked on by health workers in Lagos following the intervention of members of Legislature
The agency warned that falsified, unlicensed, and unregistered medicines present significant risks to public health.
The mass medicine distribution aims to prevent river blindness and will cover all 3,200 communities in the state.
Jide Idris, director-general of NCDC, said this on Monday in Abuja.
Ms Ajayi said on Monday in Abuja that meaningful reform in the health sector was rarely propelled by passion alone.
