At least 90 people, including 65 children, are believed to have been infected with the HIV virus in Pakistan by a doctor using a contaminated syringe,...
Nigeria’s health minister Isaac Adewole has disagreed with claims made by labour and employment minister who said doctors were free to leave the country. Ngige, who...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has bemoaned the exodus of indigenous doctors to foreign countries. Dr Francis Faduyile, President of the Association, lamented the development on...
The Anambra State House of Assembly has outlawed marriages involving people living with sickle cell anaemia, a law that might not go well with those who...
The suicide rate among US teenagers spiked in the months after the release of the controversial Netflix drama “13 Reasons Why”, which follows the story of...
Twenty-six people died of Ebola in a single day in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, the highest daily toll since its outbreak nearly...
The Lagos state government has warned consumers against buying some cow hide, known as “ponmo,” being sold in some markets in the state. A statement...
Nigeria on Saturday received 4,000 vials of Anti-Snake Venom (ASV), ending months of acute shortage of the drug and bringing relief to victims of snake bites...
A woman from the United Arab Emirates whose apparent awakening from a 27-year-long stupor has grabbed international headlines is a rare but not unique case, one...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denounced a newspaper report that 70 per cent of medicines in Nigeria are fake....