Health

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has conducted a comprehensive mop-up operation across various markets in Maiduguri, Borno State. A press statement signed by the...

The Executive Director/CEO of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Muyi Aina, said too many women still die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, and too...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has raised concerns over the circulation of substandard and falsified medicines in Nigeria, posing a significant threat to public health....

The Vaccine Alliance, Gavi and Bavarian Nordic on Wednesday announced an Advance Purchase Agreement to secure 500,000 doses of the Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) mpox vaccine, which will be...

Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday its experimental implant aimed at restoring vision received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "breakthrough device" designation. The FDA's breakthrough tag is...

The mother of Jeremiah Simeon, Mrs Olorunda Precious, is seeking financial assistance to save her three-year-old son, who has been diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, (TOF) a heart defect. Simeon,...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Wednesday, 11 September announced that suspected Lassa fever cases in Nigeria have risen to 7,973, with 982 confirmed cases. The...

Bill Gates, the Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has explained why Nigeria receives the largest share of intervention funds allocated by the foundation in Africa. Gates made...

The federal government has admonished the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) over its decision to embark on a seven-day warning strike. The government said the action of the doctors...

The Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent subsidy on electricity tariff for public hospitals across the country. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa...