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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…

World Health Organization (WHO) Independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication has officially declared Nigeria and the African Region free of wild poliovirus. This marks the eradication of the second…

A team of researchers have discovered a blood test that can detect cancer in 95% of subjects four years before the disease can be spotted using conventional diagnostic methods. As detailed in a paper about the research published in the…

A panel of scientists at the annual AIDS 2020 medical conference has revealed that a Brazilian man may be the first person to ever be ‘cured’ of HIV after undergoing intensive experimental drug therapy. The 34 year old man, who was…

World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed preliminary clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) which indicates that, dexamethasone, a corticosteroid drug, can be lifesaving for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19.…

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded a fresh Ebola outbreak in the country's northwest, just weeks before declaring the end of the epidemic in east of the country. Health Minister Eteni Longondo announced  this on Monday…

Babcock University in Ogun State has put together a team of researchers to find treatment for the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. Vice Chancellor of Prof. Ademola Tayo disclosed this in statement on Tuesday through Joshua…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) has announced the continuation of Hydroxychloroquine clinical trial as treatment for COVID-19 patients in the country. This comes a day after World Health Organization (WHO)…

World Health Organization has temporarily suspended the trial of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns. Hydroxycholoroquine has been touted by US President Donald Trump as a possible treatment…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has successfully validated the first phase of the viral Ribonucleic Acid extraction which should enable local production of cheap testing kits for coronavirus. The validation took place on…

President Donald Trump on Monday said he has been taking hydroxychloroquine anti-malaria drug to protect himself against the coronavirus, although scientists have warned about its fatal side effects. Trump told reporters about his…