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How Compulsory BCG Vaccination Reduces COVID-19 Spread, Deaths, By Study

Does the mandatory vaccination against tuberculosis stop the spread of coronavirus and reduce the as…

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COVID-19 Fatigue: Keeping Your Patients Engaged When Statistics Aren’t Enough

In 2020, many of us are used to starting the day with grim statistics, such as the total number of n…

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What Is The Way Forward For Nigeria Post COVID-19? – Part VI

Nigeria is currently facing three shocks: COVID-19 pandemic, oil price collapse and a contraction in…

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Regular Exercise Helps Prevent High Blood Pressure, Even In Areas Of High Air Pollution

People who regularly exercise tend to have a lower risk of high blood pressure, even if they live in…

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Young Children Carry Higher Levels Of Coronavirus: Study

Children under the age of five have between 10 to 100 times greater levels of genetic material of th…

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Coronavirus In Nigeria: What We Know

Five months after Nigeria saw its first case of COVID-19, the virus today is spreading at dizzying s…

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Expert Proffers Measures To Quell COVID-19

A medical practitioner, Dr. Bayo Olufunwa, has suggested measures to quell the effects of coronaviru…

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Why Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions Are Most Effective Against COVID-19

Last week Tuesday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airbo…

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Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Worked Well In Monkeys: Study

US biotech firm Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine induced a robust immune response and prevented the corona…

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Challenges Of Medical Consultations During COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed every facet of our social life and did not spare the medical commu…

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Chronic Hepatitis B Infections Drop ‘Drastically’ Among Children – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the proportion of children under five years of age “chronic…

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Managing Fatty Liver Disease Through Lifestyle Modifications

July 28 has been set aside annually to commemorate World Hepatitis Day by the World Health Organisat…

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COVID-19 Takes Toll On Women, Family Planning

Experts have expressed deep concerns that COVID-19 response is impacting negatively on the availabil…

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How Non-Communicable Diseases Fuel COVID-19 Deaths In Nigeria

Medical experts have warned that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes, ca…

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Safe, Effective COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Ready December

A safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by December, according to the promising results…

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Telemedicine Can Resolve 60% Of Medical Conditions – Expert

A United Kingdom-based Nigerian medical practitioner, Dr Funmi Adewara, says 60 percent of medical c…

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Use Products With Few Ingredients To Avoid Skin Reactions, Infections – Experts

You might have probably come across someone just scratching a part of the body. Or met someone with …

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Family Planning Reduces Maternal, Infant Mortality By 30%, Say Experts

Experts in maternal and reproductive health have said that adequate family planning will reduce mate…

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Containing COVID-19 With Functional Primary Healthcare System, Others

Experts are unanimous that a functional primary health care (PHC) system is critical to containing t…

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Developing Homegrown Remedies For COVID-19, Other Viral Infections

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday May 16, 2020, took delivery of samples of Madagascar’s COVID-…

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