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Other Viruses Cause Zika-Like Damage To Fetuses, Study Finds

In 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the Zika virus caused bi…

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A $17,850 Urine Test: Was The Urine Golden?

A Houston lab had tested her urine sample for a constellation of legal and illicit drugs, many of …

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Parents Who Circumcise Male Kids Risk Six-Year Jail Term

Iceland is poised to become the first European country to outlaw male circumcision amid signs that…

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10,000 Benefits from Free Eye Treatment in Zamfara

The Zamfara State Government, in collaboration with the state’s Ministry for Local Governmen…

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Why Buhari Recalled NHIS Boss

The recent recall of the Executive Secretary (ES) of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) P…

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How Neglected PHCs Leave Many in Nasarawa Without Healthcare

The Federal Government flagged off the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) revitalisation programme J…

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FMC Umuahia Successful Kidney Transplants, A Welcome Relief For Indigents

Daily, Nigerians throng foreign embassies in search of visas to travel abroad to seek cure for var…

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Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) Cautions FG Against Moving Drug Matters To Concurrent List

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has warned the Federal Government on the dangers of pl…

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Stakeholders Recommend Emergency Contraceptives For Rape Victims, Young Women

As part of efforts to curtail the surge of unplanned pregnancy especially among young women in the…

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Over Population: Lagosians Urged To Embrace Family Planning

With Lagos state being the most populous state in the whole of West Africa, the state government h…

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ASWHAN Seeks FG’s Intervention For Women Living With HIV

The Association of Women Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (ASWHAN) has called on the federal go…

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Maternal Health: Group Launches Awareness Campaign Across Kaduna LGAs

Following the need to create awareness among rural women and secondary school girls in public scho…

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UITH Medical Director Wants NHIS to Cover Infertility in Couples

The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. Abdul…

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PSN Cautions FG Against Moving Drug Matters to Concurrent List

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has warned the Federal Government on the dangers of pl…

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#Lassa Fever Kills Three in Delta, 24 Under Surveillance

The Delta State Government has said that three persons out of the seven confirmed cases of Lassa f…

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#Lassa Fever Kills Three in Delta, 24 Under Surveillance

The Delta State Government has said that three persons out of the seven confirmed cases of Lassa f…

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Nigerian Doctors And Other Health Workers in Battle Over Salary Parity

The end may not be in sight in the rift between doctors and other health workers as the lingeri…

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Doctor Hadiza Bawa-Garba, Behind Six year Olds Death Hung Out To Dry

Damning new evidence suggests junior paediatrician caring for boy, six, when he died of sepsis was…

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ABUTH School of Post Basic Anaesthesia Nursing 2018 Entrance Exam Postponed

The proposed entrance examination into the *ABUTH School of Post Basic Nurse Anaesthesia Programme…

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VitalCare Hospital UPDATE: Patients, Nurses Flee Hospital As Police Declare Doctor Wanted

Vitalcare Hospital became a shadow of itself in three days. The health centre which was arguably o…

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