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Expert Laments 500,000 Deaths To Cancer Yearly, Urges Aggressive Screening

A gynecologist with the Nigeria Air Force Medical Centre, Benin City, Edo State, Dr. Ruqayyah Mustap…

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Anxiety Over WHO DG’s COVID-19 Status

There is palpable apprehension at the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switze…

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NCDC Records 111 New COVID-19 Infections, Total Now 62,964

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 111 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the t…

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Nigeria Records 111 New COVID-19 Infections, Two Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported 111 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total nu…

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COVID-19: More European Countries Impose Lockdowns

Germany on Monday led a further tightening of coronavirus restrictions in Europe that have triggered…

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NMA Urges Vigilance, NCDC Warns Against COVID-19 Protocol Violation

Friday Olokor, Dayo Ojerinde, Raphael Ede, Dennis Naku and Tukur Muntari. The Nigerian Medical Assoc…

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NAFDAC Warns Traders Against Using Insecticide To Preserve Foodstuffs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control warned the general public against t…

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WHO Chief In Quarantine After Contact Tests Positive For COVID-19

The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he …

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Delta State Government, WHO Investigate Death of 15 Persons

Delta State government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have commenced an investigation of th…

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COVID-19 Compounds Health Emergency Operations In Northeast- WHO

The Country representative of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo has said th…

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Second COVID-19 Outbreak Imminent, Health Minister Warns

Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has warned that a second wave of COVID-19 outbreak is immine…

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International Council Of Nurses Launches Consultation To Revise Code Of Ethics For Nurses

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) today launched a consultation on the revision of its ICN C…

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NCDC Confirms 170 New COVID-19 Cases, 3 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 170 new COVID-19 cases with three corona…

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Wellpath Physiotherapy Clinic Opens Inpatient Facility for Stroke Patients

Worried about the health of stroke patients in the country, a leading rehabilitation centre, Wellpat…

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Worries Over Increase In Maternal Mortality Due To Funds Shortage

Following the take-off of the Global Gag Rule (GGR) policy of the United States of America, which bl…

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800,000 Babies Die of Poor Breastfeeding Globally Each Year, Says Health Commissioner

The Commissioner for Health in Ekiti, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, says no fewer than 800,000 babies die of …

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COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Ready By December — U.S. Disease Expert

Top U.S. infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, has said that the first doses of a successful …

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COVID-19: NCDC Announces 150 New Infections In Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 150 new COVID-19 infections in the coun…

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PSN: Digital Technologies Can Revamp Pharmaceutical Sector

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), an umbrella association of all pharmacists in the count…

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Abuja Shuts Three Isolation Centres As COVID-19 Infections Drops

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has shut down three isolation centres amid a drop in th…

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