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Living with long COVID, 1 Year On By Amy Murnan

My experience with COVID-19 began on March 9, 2020. I’d generally been feeling under the weather, bu…

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How Benue Youths Nabbed Two Fake Doctors

Two alleged fake doctors were recently apprehended by Igede youths in Benue State. Before then, the …

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Murder of Enugu Nurse: Court acquits, discharges suspects

An Enugu State High Court, on Thursday, acquitted three suspects arraigned before it over the murder…

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Fake medical doctor nabbed for impersonation in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State Police Command says its operatives have apprehended a suspected fake surgeon Akpov…

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COVID-19: 39 UNILAG Staff, Students Infected

• NAFDAC approves 2 Korean, 1 Russian vaccines for use in NigeriaNo fewer than 34 students of the Un…

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Our wards not filled with COVID-19 patients — LUTH

Says only 2 patients are receiving treatment presentlyThe Management of the Lagos University Teachin…

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Ekiti Govt restates commitment to doctors welfare

The Ekiti Government has restated its commitment to the welfare of medical doctors to boost healthca…

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Pharmacist Council Shuts 340 Chemists In Edo

The Pharmacist Council of Nigeria has sealed 340 premises and stores in Edo State over non-complianc…

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Riverside Nurse Pleads Guilty To Elder Abuse After Patient Dies; Gets Probation And Loses Nursing License

A Riverside nurse whose failure to properly assess and treat a 69-year-old nursing home resident’s b…

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RESEARCH: Scientists Develop Contraceptive Antibodies That PARALYZE Sperm And Could Be Added To Gel That Dissolves In The Vagina

Scientists at Boston University's School of Medicine have developed an antibody they say causes sper…

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‘Drug Abuse, Unhealthy Lifestyle Risk Factors for Hypertension’

A medical practitioner and health brand strategist, Dr. Juliet Offiah, has listed drug abuse, unheal…

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Lessons from COVID-19 Vaccines to Date

The government of Mongolia promised its people a COVID free summer; Bahrain said there would be a re…

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WHO Recommends Life-Saving Interleukin-6 Receptor Blockers for COVID-19 and Urges Producers to Join Efforts to Rapidly Increase Access

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its patient care guidelines to include interleukin-6…

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WHO: New Recommendations for Screening and Treatment to Prevent Cervical Cancer

Too many women worldwide – particularly the poorest women – continue to die from cervical cancer; a …

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Breast Cancer Not Death Sentence, Says Doctor

A medical practitioner, Dr Johnson Olaniyi, has said breast cancer is not a death sentence. Olaniyi …

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Why There Is No Effective HIV Vaccine 40 Years after First Patient, By Experts

Unlike COVID-19, which took less than two years for scientists to develop effective vaccines, there …

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COVID-19 Vaccines Are Efficacious, Safe, Health Experts Insist

The social media has been awash with series of videos and negative reports about the life-saving COV…

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Sickle Cell and Implications of Bone Marrow Transplant

I once attended a forum titled, ‘Amplify Sickle Cell Voices.’  The discussion centered on the afterm…

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Opinion: JOHESU, To Be Or Not To Be - Mrs. Halliru Kabir Kankara from Katsina state

JOHESU is a large body made up of professionals and non-professionals. There is definitely a wide ga…

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Novel Malaria Vaccine Candidate Gives Strong, Lasting Protection

Two United States (U.S.) Phase 1 clinical trials of a novel candidate malaria vaccine have found tha…

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