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Lassa Fever: College Begins Eradication Of Rats In Oyo Markets

In a bid to stop transmission of Lassa fever, the Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology…

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PSN Seeks Measures To Checkmate Fake Drugs

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has raised concern over the proliferation of fake drugs in the…

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Why We Unveiled UNTH Foundation, By CMD

The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla in Enugu State has inaugurated a 14…

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Brain-Drain: Save Nigeria from Losing Trained Doctors, Osibogun Tells FG

The new President of  the   National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Professor Akinsanya Os…

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Nigeria Records Two New COVID Infections, No Death

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says Nigeria’s daily COVID-19 count maintained a relatively l…

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IWD 2022: NACA Calls for Protection of Women at Risk of HIV

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS on Monday stated that more efforts needed to be put in p…

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WHO Alerts On Emergence of New COVID-19 Variants

World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, warned that as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Cor…

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Lassa Fever Kills 98 In Two Months, Says NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said in its latest epidemiological report that Las…

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19 Doctors Face Disciplinary Panel Over Professional Misconduct

19 medical doctors and dentists would appear before the Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinar…

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WHO Releases First Malaria Vaccine Recommendation, Guideline

The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, published an updated position paper on the RTS,S/AS0…

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World Obesity Day 2022 – Accelerating Action to Stop Obesity

More than 1 billion people worldwide are obese – 650 million adults, 340 million adolescents and 39 …

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Stay Away From Unregistered Drugs, Consumables, NAFDAC Urges Nigerians

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has urged Nigerians to desist from …

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Oyo, NMA Confirm Two Doctors, One UCH Worker Died Of Lassa Fever

The Oyo State government and the state branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), yesterday, s…

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Nigeria Celebrates First COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment, Others

As Nigeria marks the one-year anniversary of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to the country …

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Astrazeneca Committed To Accelerating Vaccine Supply To Africa

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm, Astrazeneca, has said it is committed to expanding and accele…

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Nursing, Midwifery Council Inducts 162 ABU Graduates

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, on Tuesday, in Zaria, inducted 162 graduates of the 20…

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Don Seeks Creation of More Sophisticated Laboratories

A professor of Medical Microbiology, Abdulwasiu Hassan, has advocated the establishment of more soph…

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2 Years On, Nigeria Not On Track to Attain COVID-19 Herd Immunity

From the onset of the  COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation, WHO has sounded a note of w…

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Community Pharmacists Tackle NAFDAC over Destruction of Expired Products

Community Pharmacists under the auspices of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, L…

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Physicians Mentoring Prog Takes 14 Young Doctors Beyond Consulting Room

FOURTEEN young  Nigerian doctors are currently exploring opportunities to enhance their professional…

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