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Surgeon Sued For Talking On Cell Phone During An Operation

A surgeon took a Spanish language proficiency test while performing varicose vein surgery on a 70-…

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Cholera Outbreak Kills Four In Nasarawa

Four persons have been killed following the outbreak of cholera disease in Shege ward of Toto Loca…

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Doctor, 24, Statistician Emerge 2018 Rhodes Scholars for W/Africa

24-year-old Nigerian Doctor, Toluwalase Awoyemi and 20-year-old Ghanaian Statistician, Emmanuelle …

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Delta First Lady Flags off Free Medical Outreach to Prisons

No fewer than 400 prison inmates at the Ogwashi-Uku prison, Ika North East Local Government, Delta…

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Monkey Pox: Over 100 Imo Community Leaders to Lead Campaign for Immunization

Over hundred community leaders in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo state, yesterday, agre…

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NACA Advances Solutions to HIV, Gender-Based Violence

As part of activities to commemorate 16 days of activism on Gender Based Violence (GBV) for 2017, …

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‘Nigeria Needs Infrastructure Upgrade to Reduce Capital Flights on Dental Care

Nigeria and other African countries will reduce capital flights on medical tourism, especially in …

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Borno Vaccinates 1.6m Children Against Measles

The Borno Government says it has inoculated 1.6 million children against measles in the past three…

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Monkeypox: Nigeria Records One Death, Confirms 61 Cases

Fourteen weeks after the first suspected monkeypox case in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Dis…

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Cerebrospinal Meningitis Advisory by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) is an acute inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and th…

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FG Calls For More Support To Eliminate NTDs

Federal Government of Nigeria has called on partners to provide more support for the elimination o…

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5 Ways to Reduce Confusion About POLST and End-of-life Care

Some of the foremost ethical issues in nursing, and medicine in general, revolve around end-of-lif…

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US Lifts Ban On Lethal Virus Experiments Despite Security Risks

Experiments on viruses in the lab can help scientists to create vaccines.   The US govern…

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Loma Linda University Begins 3year Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Anesthesia

USA: Loma Linda University School of Nursing has launched a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) de…

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CDC Infographic: Anatomy of an Outbreak

ANATOMY OF AN OUTBREAK A Disease Threat Anywhere is a Threat Everywhere. Today’s world is …

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Diphtheria Kills 21 In Bangladesh Rohingya Camps – WHO

According to the UN health agency, 1,571 suspected cases of the bacterial disease were registered …

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Imo Community Where Immunization is “Death Sentence”

It has been uncovered that in some communities in Imo State, villagers see immunization vaccines a…

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Sanction Vendors Selling Prescription Drugs, Group Tells FG

The Chairman, Drug Awareness Caution Network,  Mr. Tonye Isenah, has called for the arrest of…

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Drug Abuse: Tambuwal Urges Total Ban on Codeine Syrups

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to totally ban Cod…

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Sleeping Close to Cell Phone Causes Cancer, Infertility

* 40% of deaths prevented by quitting smoking, eating healthier, boozing less * Father-of-two cl…

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