The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has implored consumers to stop using Miss Slim dietary supplement products. The agency gave the caution in a public alert with number 032/2021, issued by the Director General, Prof.…
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have suspended their threat to shutdown healthcare services in the country. The unions had earlier threatened to disrupt normal services in hospitals and other healthcare facilities across…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says that 2,791 persons have died of cholera across 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory since the beginning of 2021. Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, told the newsmen in Abuja that a…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta AConsultant Cardiologist with Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) Sagamu, Dr Francisca Olufunmilayo Inofomoh has urged Nigerians to do away with smoking, eating of junk food saying that these were among foremost poor healthy habits predisposing…
An Osogbo based Ophthal- mologist, Dr Roberts Chika has advised that proper eye checks and personal understanding of a person’s eye are positive cues to aid in the prevention of eye diseases and ailments that are associated with the eye,…
By Racheal Oyelola The Federal Government has said that those who have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 disease could still get infected and infect other people who come in contact with them. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, gave the…
A boy in Arlington, Texas, has died from a rare and deadly brain infection he likely contracted from a city splash pad, health officials say. The boy, whose name and age were not released, was hospitalized at Cook Children’s Medical…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, (NPHCDA) says there is no scientific evidence suggesting COVID-19 vaccination can cause infertility in men or women. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja that the COVID-19…
The Vice President of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Dr Margaret Erhunmwunse, has said that cardiovascular disease remains the World’s number one killer, resulting in over 18 million deaths annually. Erhunmwunse said this while speaking…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed a professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori, to serve as a member of its Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 vaccine composition. The WHO announced the appointment of Tomori, a former vice-chancellor of the Redeemer’s…
