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Health Minister Resigns, Seeks Governorship Position

Seven ministers in President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet have resigned their positions. Th…

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Second Health Care Worker Tests Positive For Ebola At Dallas Hospital

  . The second health care worker with Ebola is a woman who lives alone, officials say . …

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LEADERSHIP EDITORIAL: Time to Invest in Healthcare Infrastructure

Chairman of the United Nations Foundation, Ted Turner and the Nigerian Senate president, David Mar…

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Sixty Days To Beat Ebola, United Nations Warns

  . If the deadly outbreak cannot be reined in by Christmas then the UN says there is no…

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Lead City Varsity inaugurates College of Health Tech

As part of drive to aid the development of technical education and find lasting solutions to the p…

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NEW TELEGRAPH EDITORIAL: Exodus of Health Workers

There are an estimated 10, 000 Nigerian medical doctors practicing in the United States. This numb…

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Agbo, Sex May Expose Women To Miscarriage – Doctors

Concerns about miscarriages in women resurface, as the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day h…

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Diabetes: From Stem Cells To Insulin Producers

Harvard stem cell researchers announced that they have made a giant leap forward in the quest to f…

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Joint Health Sector Union & Assembly Of Health Care Professionals Letter To The Federal Government

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Office of the secretary to the Government of …

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Scientists Discover Cure for Diabetes

There is good news for diabetic patients. They will no longer need to inject insulin – thank…

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Group Tasks Chukwu on NAUTH Crisis

AWKA—A non- governmental organisation, Concerned Progressive Professionals, CPP,  has c…

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Ebola: Fashola Urges FG To Reinvigorate Ports’ Health Facilities

LAGOS—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to …

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CDC Makes Faster Test For Enterovirus Strain Behind Outbreak

  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a faster test for detecti…

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'I Felt Like I Was Doing Macgyver Medicine' - MSF Ebola Doctor

  Lack of equipment in Ebola-stricken countries is forcing doctors to improvise as they try…

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Kebbi, USAID Partner On War Against Malaria

Birnin Kebbi—The Kebbi State United States Agency for International Development, USAID-funde…

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Health Workers Begin Strike Nationwide

ABUJA – Health workers and other professionals in the health sector, under the auspices of J…

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Pharmacists Cautioned on Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has condemned some hospitals which have reduced pharma…

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No More Ultimatums, October 16th Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals Strike Inevitable

Members of the Nigerian Union of allied Health professionals have declared their intention to proc…

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WHO certifies Nigeria To Produce AIDS’, Other Drugs

  • Says Ebola may lead to failed states   Nigerian local drug manufacturing …

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HIV-Lab Infection Tactics Could Guide AIDS Vaccine

  New research that sheds light on the methods and machinery used by HIV to infect cells pr…

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