How novel coronavirus became a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom, has declared that the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)...
Coronavirus outbreak is not yet a public health emergency of international concern – WHO DG
The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has decided not to declare the coronavirus...
China, the new coronavirus and Nigeria’s preparedness: an NCDC advisory
While a lot has been said about the new virus; the novel coronavirus (nCoV), a lot still remains unknown about...
NHIS promises to increase support to cancer patients in Nigeria
The Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof Mohammed Sambo has expressed the scheme's readiness to increase support it...
Global polio eradication: Rotary, Gates Foundation commit $450m
Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are renewing their longstanding partnership to end polio, announcing a joint commitment...
Nigeria’s health system can rise up to highest challenges – Minister
The separation of conjoined twins at the National Hospital Abuja is a demonstration of what Nigeria's health system can achieve...
Increase in minimum wage reduces suicide rate
A US$1 increase in the minimum wage is linked to a fall in the suicide rate of between 3.5 and...
Is intermittent fasting healthy?
A 1997 study found that reducing food availability over a lifetime (caloric restriction) has remarkable effects on aging and the...
We can now know who is more likely to commit suicide
An international team of researchers has identified key networks within the brain which they say interact to increase the risk...
Not having siblings is now a risk factor for obesity
Scientists have added the number of children a woman has to be a risk factor for any of the children...
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