Health

The Kwara State Government has warned members of the public to stop patronizing illegal Butchers’ shops to avoid anthrax disease and its dire ...

The Oyo State Government in collaboration with the Federal ministry of Agriculture over the weekend trained about 50 disease surveillance agents on accurate ...

With the emergence of the EG.5 variant, the World Health Organization, WHO, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, are ...

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2023 World Mosquito Day, the House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis ...

A former President of the Nigerian Association of Nephrologists, Dr Ebun Bamgboye, has urged Nigerians to be cautious of their health, particularly the ...

Following the confirmation by the Federal Government of Anthrax outbreak in a multi-specie animal farm in Gajiri, Suleja Local Government Area of Niger ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed concern over dangers of drug hawking and ripening of fruits with carbide. ...

The Federal Government on Wednesday received a $9,261,920 grant from the Canadian government to support the scale-up of COVID-19 vaccine service among high-priority ...

The Beulah Sickle Cell Foundation has pleaded with the federal government to consider making genotype testing free in hospitals and clinics. Speaking in ...

In continued efforts to give support to the livelihoods of the needy and less privileged, Global Initiative For Peace, Love and Care, GIPLC, ...

The Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA) has expressed readiness to support and collaborate with the University College Hospital in the area of ...

World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, warned that artificial sweeteners to thousands of fizzy drinks, chewing gums and low-calorie foods pose a potential cancer ...

The Oyo State government on Monday expressed commitment to combat the rising rate of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking among youth and ...

A Professor of Medicine at the University of Ilorin, Philip Manma Kolo, has advised Nigerians who have cultivated the habit of taking unorthodox ...

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Monday warned Nigerians against eating hides (ponmo), smoked meat and bush meat. The ministry said ...

Kola nut is popular in Nigeria and West Africa and is commonly consumed by pregnant women early in pregnancy to alleviate morning sickness ...

 A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that Nigeria faces the devastating consequences of smoke-related diseases with about 30,000 lives ...

A  59-year-old ex-journalist, Ade Osijo, has appealed to individuals and organisations to assist him raise funds for an eye surgery. According to his ...

Kwara State has been rated the best state in basic healthcare delivery in the entire North Central region, beating Abuja the Federal Capital ...

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Sunday warned users/consumers against the use of PrimeZen Black 6000mg, a ...

The traditional ruler of Adanla-Irese Community of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara South Senatorial District, His Royal Highness, Oba

The World Health Organization reports that the highest incidents of malaria outbreaks and deaths are recorded in Africa with over 234 million cases ...

Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige has described as absurd the demands listed by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) ...

Medical bodies in the countries have said the United Kingdom government’s code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care ...

The United Kingdom has halted “active recruitment” of health and social care personnel from Nigeria and 53 other countries globally, mostly African nations. ...

A Professor of Educational Guidance and Counseling at the University of Kigali, Rwanda, AbdulRasaq Olayinka Oniye has called on the Kwara State Government ...

Dr Chioma Ofoekii, a medical practitioner, has advised that people should avoid overcrowding and poor ventilation during hot season to prevent meningitis. Ofoekii ...

Hypertension is a major cause of premature death worldwide, including in Nigeria. Unfortunately, not many people know they have the condition because they ...

A 47 year old lectuer in the department of science laboratory, Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin Akande Teslim has been diagnosed of end stage ...

Prof. Frank Imarhiagbe, a Consultant Neurologist, has advised Nigerians going through sleepless nights to seek medical care instead of resorting to sleeping pills. ...

The wife of former Deputy Senate President, Beatrice Ekweremadu, has denied involvement in the search for an organ donor for their ailing daughter, ...

In this piece, BENJAMIN SAMSON writes on the resurgence of Lassa fever and the measures being taken by governments and other stakeholders to ...

By Adebukola Aluko Processed foods are foods that have been altered from their natural state in some way, often through the addition of ...

Kwara South Social Democratic Party (SDP) senatorial candidate, Prof Wale Sulaiman has sponsored free medical healthcare for 5,927 beneficiaries across the seven LGAs. ...

The joys of leaders of benefitting rural communities knew no bound as Kwara State government on Sunday distributed 12 rural ambulaces to the ...

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Friday formally received the medical equipment and hospital-related items donated to the Kwara state government by some indigenes of ...

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has said the challenges occasioned by the naira redesign may further reduce the life expectancy of Nigerians already ...

The Chief Nursing Officer, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, Mrs Fatimah Adebisi, on Tuesday said that the myths created around voluntary ...

A Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife, says the cosmetic tattooing of eyebrows known as Microblading, done by an untrained aesthetician can cause infections, ...

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called on all stakeholders to prevail on governors owing doctors in their states. The NARD ...

new disease called diphtheria has surfaced in some parts and gradually spreading across the country, raising concerns among health officials in Nigeria. Diphtheria ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said that the death toll from Diphtheria disease across the country was now 34, ...

Kwara State has secured a World Bank funding to support infrastructure upgrade in at least one primary healthcare facility in each of the ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said it has responded to reports of diphtheria cases in Lagos and Kano ...

Nigeria is set to have a first cancer hospital, the African Medical Centre of Excellence has said. This was made known by the ...

Governor Bello Matawalle says the Zamfara State Government has identified no fewer than 199 ghost doctors who were in the state payroll that ...

The World Health Organization (WHO), has published a statement in The Lancet Public Health, stating that there is no safe amount of alcohol ...

45-year-old woman, Eunice Owoloja, who is suffering from cancer of the uterus, has appealed to Nigerians to assist her in the payment of ...

The Management of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has notified the public to stop the purchase and ...

The First Lady of Kwara State, Ambassador Dr Olufolake Abdulrazaq has on commissioned the Ajike Sexual Assault Referral Center located within the premises ...