Health

Malaria will not be eradicated in the foreseeable future even though it is achievable and would save millions of lives,

Microplastics in drinking water do not appear to pose a health risk at current levels, according to the World Health

The Federal Ministry of Health has said that Insti HIV ½, Insti Multiplex Dual HIV1/2 and Syphilis antibody rapid tests

Today marks five years from the day the heroic Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh passed after saving Nigeria from the Ebola

Researchers have warned that social media raises children’s risk of mental health problems by up to half. The researchers who

A vaccine to protect people against the common sexually transmitted infection chlamydia has passed initial safety tests. It is the

Ebola may soon be a “preventable and treatable” disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates,

No fewer than 16 persons have been confirmed dead in a fresh outbreak of the deadly viral disease, Yellow fever.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that 8.5 million Nigerians have a disabling hearing loss. In the same vein,

The Osun State House of Assembly has said it would soon enact a law that would prevent doctors in the

A new way of identifying a common condition that causes the heart to beat irregularly may have been discovered by

Today is the World Hepatitis Day. The hepatitis B vaccine is typically given as three or four injections over six

Mum-of-two Sevgi Sullerli underwent surgery to repair slipped discs on her lower back at a private hospital in the Denizli

No fewer than six children have been killed and several others critically ill following an outbreak of measles in Wusar

The agency also accused the executive members of the Plumbing Material Market Association in Onitsha of watching on while the

For pupils in public primary and secondary schools in Borno, Jigawa, Kwara and Plateau states, access to decent toilet facilities

According to a new report by Cancer Research UK, the incidence of skin cancer has “soared” over the last ten

 The African Centre of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development, University of Jos, in collaboration with the National Office for

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, said that it intercepted an ambulance conveying 10 cartons of 225 milligrammes (mg)

The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) was thrown into confusion over the weekend after a patient who was on admission at

Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal — a blood test to screen people for possible signs of Alzheimer’s

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has announced the ban on sale of Sniper and other

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has closed down three factories that specialise in importing hides

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has declared Eva premium table water safe for consumption.