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One Dead In Listeria Outbreak; Salad Suspected

. Twelve people hospitalized and one dead from listeria infection tied to packaged salad . Dole …

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22/01/16: Lagos State Ministry of Health Update on Lassa Fever Outbreak

Preamble: Lagos State has recorded 14 suspected cases of Lassa Fever as at January 21, 2016, since…

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Study: Oral Sex 'Raises The Risk of Getting Cancer By 22 Times'

  . Researchers believe oral sex is the main way HPV ends up in the mouth  . Th…

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NDLEA Uncovers Illicit Drugs Disguised As Condoms In Lagos Port

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday  intercepted a shipment o…

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Fake Doctor Not Our Employee – LUTH

  The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Friday distanced itself from the alleged im…

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NCDC Daily Situation Report on the Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria

Daily Situation Report No. 12: 20 January, 2016. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) &nbsp…

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Association of Resident Doctors UCH Lassa Fever Report

Lassa Fever. UCH Perspective: Following the level of anxiety being expressed by members of staff a…

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Lassa Fever Patient Responding to Treatment – LUTH

The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Idi-Araba, Lagos has said that the pat…

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PSN Outline 23-Point Agenda For Revamping the Health Sector

In a bid to boost the health sector in the country, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria(PSN) has…

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Call for papers for new MHTF-PLOS Maternal Health Collection

  Neglected Populations ? Decreassing Inequalities & Improving Measurement in Matern…

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"Has The World Learned The Wrong Lessons From The Ebola Outbreak?"

  Last Thursday, the World Health Organization declared the end to two horrific years of th…

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Plateau Confirms five Fresh Lassa Fever Cases

The Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Kuden Kamshak, has said that five cases of Lassa fe…

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Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Publication on the Current Lassa Fever Outbreak

The Current Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria and the Federal Government's Commitment Towards Er…

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World Drug Makers Call for Action on Superbugs

Drugmakers from across the world called Thursday for governments and industry to join forces to ba…

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Medical Ethics: Patient's Consent is Sacrosanct

This is mu observation and confession there is no subject that is so poorly taught in Nigerian Med…

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Resolutions Reached at the Emergency Congress of the Association of Resident Doctors UCH Ibadan

The Association of Resident Doctors at the University College Hospital Ibadan held an emergency co…

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FG inaugurates Committee on Primary Healthcare Centres

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has inaugurated a committee to ascertain the number an…

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Like Ebola, Nigeria must ‘Chase Away’ Lassa Fever

BARELY three months after World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Nigeria Ebola Free, it is unfor…

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Panic as Lassa Fever Spreads

NIGERIANS are getting more apprehensive as Lassa Fever Virus (LAFV) spreads across the country. In…

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FG Effort to Curb Lassa Fever Impressive – PSN

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) yesterday said that the federal government has set sta…

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