Medical News


WHO Warns Against Use Of Masks During Exercise

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned people against wearing masks while exercising, saying…

Read More
Mobile Application For Detection, Notification Of Tuberculosis Cases

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) and the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Pro…

Read More
NIMR Urges Nigerians To Patronise Innovations To Curb Coronavirus

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has urged Nigerians to encourage and patronise loc…

Read More
DRASA Seeks Funding, Partnership To Train 10,000 Health Workers Yearly

To increase the capacity of Nigeria’s healthcare workforce to tackle COVID-19 and other infectious d…

Read More
Expert Cautions Against More COVID-19 Infections Over Resumption Of Schools

As reactions continue to trail Federal Government’s decision to re-open schools for students in fina…

Read More
Crisis Looms In Health Sector Over COVID-19 Hazard Allowance

Another round of crisis appears imminent in Nigeria’s health sector, as the Joint Health Sector Unio…

Read More
Plateau PHC Shut As Three Workers Test Positive For COVID-19

Chairman of Jos North Council in Plateau State, Shehu Usman, has ordered the closure of the Primary …

Read More
Coronavirus Becoming More Endemic, WHO Cries Out

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the worst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …

Read More
NUC, Nigerian Scientists Abroad Partner On Biomedical Research

Amid global efforts to find a cure for the deadly coronavirus, the National Universities Commission …

Read More
Experimental coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer triggered levels of antibodies up to THREE TIMES greater than those seen in recovered patients, early data shows

An experimental coronavirus vaccine being tested by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech showe…

Read More
Scientists find the coronavirus causes 'hyper-activity' in blood-clotting cells in 'important' discovery

'Hyper-activity' in blood clotting cells could be the cause of strokes and heart attacks in Covid-19…

Read More
Drug used to treat women with advanced ovarian cancer can kill immature eggs and reduce fertility, study suggests

A drug that is used to treat patients with advanced ovarian and breast cancer can adversely affect a…

Read More
Osun SSG,10 Others Test Positive To COVID-19 – Health Commissioner Says

Mr Wole Oyebamiji, the Secretary to Osun Government (SSG) has tested positive to COVID-19, bringing …

Read More
Edo COVID-19 Frontline Workers To Get Outstanding Allowance

The Edo State Government has said the frontline workers temporarily engaged in screening and testing…

Read More
Strike: NMA Urges LASG To Pay Doctors COVID 19 Hazard Allowance, Others

The Lagos State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has appealed to the Lagos State gov…

Read More
Covid-19 Scare: Ughelli Residents Abandon Delta Govt-Owned Hospital

People seeking medicare living within Ughelli and environs have aban­doned the state govern­ment-own…

Read More
EHA Clinics Opens Private COVID-19 Treatment Center In Abuja, FCT

State Of The Art Treatment Center Aims To Provide Additional Options For Non-Critical Patients To Is…

Read More
Delta Nurses, Commissioner Draw Battle Line Over Community Programme

Concerned Nurses Of Delta State have called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to call the commissioner for h…

Read More
Health Workers Meet FG Today, Threaten Strike Over Hazard Allowance

The Joint Health Sector Unions have expressed displeasure over the insistence of the Ministry of Hea…

Read More
NMA, NUT Knock FG Over Order To Reopen Schools

The Nigerian Medical Association and the Nigeria Union of   Teachers, on Tuesday, took a swipe at th…

Read More