Health

The Federal Government has increased the number of identified contacts linked to Nigeria's confirmed Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from 44 to 53, as health authorities step...

Nigeria's first confirmed Ebola patient has been evacuated to Switzerland following a significant improvement in her condition, while health authorities continue monitoring people who may have been exposed to the...

The Federal Government has intensified efforts to contain Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with health authorities identifying 44 people who had close contact with the...

France has reported the first known human infection with the Shamonda virus, a disease previously identified in animals, after an infected patient died earlier this month. French authorities said on...

The Ogun State Government has ordered the closure of several schools in Ijebu-Ode, Ago-Iwoye and Ijebu-Igbo after more than 100 pupils were taken to hospitals on Wednesday following suspected exposure...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on Nigeria and other African countries to strengthen Ebola preparedness and surveillance following confirmation of the country’s first reported case of the disease...

Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, have suspended their three-day warning strike and directed members to return to work from 8 a.m. on Thursday. The Association of...

The diphtheria outbreak in Plateau State has claimed 31 lives, with 469 suspected cases reported across 10 Local Government Areas. The state government has activated its Incident Management System to...

Nigeria recorded 18 new confirmed cases of Lassa fever between August 24 and 30, bringing the total number of confirmed infections reported in 2026 to 1,074. The latest situation report...

An experimental form of cancer immunotherapy has produced a remarkable result in a three-year-old boy whose aggressive liver cancer had spread to his lungs and possibly his bones. Researchers reported...