Health

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has heightened surveillance and emergency preparedness measures nationwide following the resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo and...

Panic and uncertainty are spreading across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after authorities confirmed that deaths linked to a new Ebola outbreak have risen to at least 80, with the...

The World Health Organization has called on governments around the world to tighten regulations on nicotine pouches, warning that the fast-growing products are being heavily marketed in ways that could...

The head of the World Health Organization has warned countries to prepare for additional hantavirus infections in the coming weeks following the deadly outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV...

Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands will send aircraft to evacuate their citizens from the cruise ship linked to a suspected hantavirus outbreak, as international concern grows over the...

Health authorities across several countries have launched urgent contact-tracing operations following a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, as governments move to prevent any wider international spread...

The Kwara State Government has launched a free long-acting HIV prevention injection as part of efforts to reduce new infections and strengthen public health response across the state. The rollout,...

The world’s first malaria treatment specifically designed for babies has been approved, in what health experts are calling a major step forward in the fight against one of Africa’s deadliest...

A new study from Harvard Medical School has found that artificial intelligence systems can outperform human doctors in emergency room triage, marking a major step forward in clinical decision-making technology....

Nigeria has taken a major step in strengthening its HIV prevention strategy with the arrival of a new long-acting injectable drug designed to protect people at risk of infection. The...