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Deceased Doctors: FG Begins Payment of Benefits to Beneficiaries

The Federal Government Thursday said it has commenced the payment of death benefits to deceased doct…

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ABSUTH Sacks 6 Medical Doctors For Allegedly Abandoning Work

The Chief Medical Director, Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Dr Shedrack Offiah, sa…

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Cholera Kills Four in Yobe, Two Hospitalised

No fewer than four persons have died in Jakusko Local Council, Yobe State, following cholera outbrea…

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COVID-19 Delta Wave Kills Three In Akwa Ibom State

The Delta variant of COVID-19 pandemic has claimed three lives of the 156 new positive cases in Akwa…

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Minister Warns On Consequences Of Uneven Rollout Of COVID-19 Vaccines

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has warned that Nigeria and the rest of Africa may continue t…

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WHO, NCDC Alert To 77% Rise in COVID-19 Cases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have raised the al…

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WHO’s Plan to Audit Labs in Covid Origins Probe ‘Arrogant,’ Says China

China on Thursday said a WHO proposal to audit Chinese labs as part of further investigation into th…

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COVID-19 Cases Spike By 77% in One Week As States Reduce Testing -NCDC

A weekly epidemiology report from July 5 to July 11 2021 on the website of the Nigeria Centre for Di…

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Pfizer/BioNTech to Produce Covid-19 Vaccine in S. Africa

Cape Town-based Biovac will complete the last step in the manufacturing process of the Pfizer/BioNTe…

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Rise by 206, Discharge 23, Zero Death — NCDC

Nigeria has announced additional 206 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the …

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COVID-19: NCDC Issues Public Health Advisory for Eid-El-Kabir

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued a 9-point public health advisory on its web…

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FG Renews Obaseki’s Appointment as CMD of UBTH

The Federal Government has renewed the appointment of Prof. Darlington Obaseki as Chief Medical Dire…

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American Heart Association BLS & ACLS Holds July 23-24 at National Hospital Abuja

Medical and healthcare professionals are welcome to join our upcoming American Heart Association BLS…

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Cholera Claims 30 Lives in Jigawa as 2,000 Contract Disease

No fewer than 30 persons have been confirmed dead due to infection believed to be cholera in parts o…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 1 Death, 143 New Cases on Monday

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced additional 143 new COVID-19 cases, with …

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30 Die as Cholera Hits Jigawa

A cholera outbreak in Jigawa has killed at least 30 people with more than 2,000 hospitalised in the …

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COVID-19 Vaccine Scarcity Amid Delta Variant

RISING COVID-19 infections and hospitalisation in Nigeria should sound the alarm bells to all and su…

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Adolescents Face Lifelong Threat to Health, Wellbeing, Says Nutrition Society

The Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN) has called on governments at all levels to address the nutrit…

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Iwu Faults NAFDAC, Says COVID-19 Herbal Cure Had Undergone Clinical Trial

Reacting to Sunday’s submission of the Director General National Agency for Food and Drug Administra…

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American Heart Association BLS & ACLS holds July 23-24 at National Hospital Abuja

Medical and healthcare professionals are welcome to join our upcoming American Heart Association com…

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