North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for efforts to tackle the country’s falling birth rates, describing the challenge as “everyone’s housekeeping duty,” state media KCNA...
In a recent development, the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially requested detailed information from China regarding the surge in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia...
In a bid to address the dynamic landscape of synthetic biology and emerging biotechnologies, Lagos State launched the ninth African Conference on One Health and Biosecurity...
In a groundbreaking development, shipments of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS, S, have commenced, with 331,200 doses landing in Yaoundé, Cameroon. This marks a...
The Diabetes Association of Nigeria has disclosed that a staggering 11.2 million Nigerians are currently grappling with diabetes, according to Dr. Alkali Mohammed, the association’s President....
In a bid to address maternal mortality in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has introduced a targeted health insurance enrollment...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 4.8 tonnes of skunk in the Imo, Edo, Ondo, Kano, and Ekiti States, respectively....
Popular Nollywood actor, John Okafor, fondly known as Mr Ibu, has been hospitalised lately and is requesting financial aid from Nigerians to settle his medical bills....
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has called for collective action from all stakeholders to encourage the culture of handwashing in all...
A set of conjoined twins delivered by medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) have died, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports....