Health

Scientists at Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), at Redeemers University in Ede, Osun State say the new strain of coronavirus causing panic in the United Kingdom has been identified in Nigeria. The…

As health experts around the world work tirelessly to figure out a new strain of coronavirus, a lady has taken to social media to share details of her brother’s ordeal after he contracted the mutated virus. The lady who tweets with the…

British health officials has on Wednesday warned that anyone with a history of significant allergic reactions should not received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for the time being. The warning came after two members of the…

Former US presidents, Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton have pledged to get publicly vaccinated for coronavirus in order to promote the safety of the vaccine. Obama, in an interview with SiriusXM radio, said he would be…

Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine have said it is 95 percent effective against the virus. Russia’s health ministry, the state-run Gamaleya research center and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) in a statement…

A Nottingham Trent University scientist in the United Kingdom, Dr. Garreth Cave has invented a face mask that can “kill viruses including COVID-19 and influenza upon contact”. While most face masks have a three-layer design, this mask…

A new study in the United Kingdom has shown that household liquid substance, mouthwash may kill COVID-19 in saliva within 30 seconds when exposed in a laboratory. The new study comes as scientists worldwide race toward discovering an…

Biotech companies, Pfizer and BioNTech have on Wednesday, November 17 revealed that a completed study of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine showed it is 95 percent effective against the virus. They said the two-dose vaccine had no…

Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMA) has shut 16 health facilities across the state for quackery and non-compliance with other regulatory standards. Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Abiola Idowu,…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that three states have reported a total of 76 deaths suspected to be from yellow fever. The health agency gave the figures in its November 11 Yellow Fever Situation Report with…

A mysterious epidemic ravaging Ette Uno and Umuopu communities of Enugu Ezike, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has killed at least 40 persons. The state Ministry of Health yesterday said it had collected samples…

Ute-Okpu and Idumuesah communities in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State have raised alarm over the death of 15 people in the past two weeks as a result of an unidentified illness. The cause of the death is yet to be…

First person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown - known as the 'Berlin Patient' - has died after a battle with cancer. International Aids Society (IAS) made the announcement on Wednesday, September 30. The 54-year-old made…

Nigeria has overtaken India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age of five, two years earlier than the World Bank projected. The global bank had in 2018 said that Nigeria will take over India as the world capital for…

Federal Government has on Tuesday launched a rapid test kit for the diagnosis of the virus as part of efforts to increase the scope and access to HIV testing, especially among people living with HIV/AIDS. The kit is said to have a…