Health

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has intensified nationwide preparedness measures against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), even as it confirmed that Nigeria has no reported case...

Global trafficking in illicit drugs has reached unprecedented levels, with cocaine production soaring to a record high and methamphetamine manufacturing expanding rapidly, according to the latest United Nations World Drug...

British hygiene brand Dettol has apologized and withdrawn a controversial advertising campaign in China after it sparked widespread backlash over what many viewers described as misogynistic and offensive portrayals of...

Medical services at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, are set to be disrupted as resident doctors have commenced a 10-day warning strike over unpaid revised allowances, acute...

At least 30 people have died since the beginning of May at a camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears that the country's deadly Ebola...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has not yet reached its...

More than half of the world's children are now exposed to at least three overlapping climate and environmental hazards that threaten their health, education, safety and overall development, according to...

A man was shot dead during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for United States citizens in central Kenya, as tensions escalated over plans to establish the centre...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have unveiled a $518 million six-month emergency response plan aimed at containing the rapidly...

More than 30 people have been killed in a series of attacks by suspected Islamist rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), further complicating efforts to contain a growing...