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Liberia’s Ebola Survivor Faces Health Problems, Fears Virus Could Return

Tramatised by the death of eight of her relatives from Ebola, Tina Varney stares blankly out of th…

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Environmental Health Officers Destroy 4,400 Rats in 6 Markets in Lagos State

RatsThe Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria (EHOAN), Lagos State Chapter, on Mond…

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Lassa alert: Eat ‘Eba,’ Stop Drinking Garri, Expert Warns

\Against the backdrop of the spread of Lassa fever, which has claimed 63 people across the country…

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W.H.O: Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO)

. Commission presents its final report, calling for high-level action to address major health chal…

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NTA 'Tuesday Live' discourse on Avian Influenza with NVMA President

NTA 'Tuesday Live' discourse on Avian Influenza with NVMA President   The NVMA Pr…

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Zika Virus Infection And Zika Fever: Frequently Asked Questions

  What is Zika virus infection? Zika virus infection is caused by the bite of an inf…

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Have Ccientists Found A CURE For Type 1 Diabetes? Experts Halt The Disease By Implanting Cells That Help Produce Insulin

  . Experts transplanted cells into mice that began producing insulin . They also stopped…

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Doctors Protest Kidnapping Of Colleagues In Rivers State

  Members of the Nigeria Medical Association in Rivers State have protested what they call …

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Zika Virus Seen Spreading to Nearly all Countries in the Americas: WHO

The Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease suspected of causing serious birth defects, is expected t…

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Polio: 3 LGs Immunize 184,302 Children in Jigawa

No fewer than 184,302 children will be immunised against polio disease in Birniwa, Kafin-Hausa and…

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Lassa Fever: WHO Calls for Intensive Awareness Campaign

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday urged governments at all levels to intensify public …

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Britain and Bill Gates Announce £3 Billion to Eradicate Malaria

Britain’s finance minister and tech billionaire Bill Gates unveiled Monday a plan to spend b…

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Leprosy: Nigeria Records 3,000 New Cases Annually- FG

The federal government has revealed that Nigeria records about 3,000 new cases of leprosy, second …

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FG and Lassa Fever Containment Strategy

Once again, the perennial Lassa fever scourge has hit Nigeria, leaving in its wake deaths, sorrow,…

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FG to Build 30,000 Health Centres Nationwide —Minister

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has revealed that about 30,000 health centres…

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Killer Virus on The Prowl, Threatens Human Lives

VIRUSES, hitherto almost unknown to scientists, are in town – from China to Saudi Arabia, Br…

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Surgeons Close 300 Heart-holes Without Scalpel

The transcatheter technique has been used to close holes in the heart of some 300 patients with Ve…

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State House Clinic Death Not Lassa Fever – NCDC

The Nigerian Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) has said the man reported to have died of Lassa fe…

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Lassa Fever: Another Patient Dies in Federal Medical Center Asaba

Another patient suffering from the dreaded Lassa fever disease has died at emergency ward of the F…

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FG Launches Call Centres on Public Health Emergencies

The Federal Government has launched a public call centre at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…

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