Health

By John Ikani As the world continues to battle the scourge of Covid-19 pandemic, China has locked down residents of Anyang city, the third of such move raising the number confined to their homes because of...

By John Ikani On Monday, the UK reported a further 142,224 confirmed cases of the virus and 77 deaths. A number of hospitals have declared "critical" incidents due to staff absences and rising pressures caused by...

By John Ikani A 57-year-old Maryland man is doing well, three days after receiving a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery, University of Maryland Medicine said in a news release on Monday. The...

By John Ikani The Suspension of flights to and from southern Africa imposed by the European Union (EU) has been lifted in the wake of omicron variant has been lifted. The measure comes days after EU...

By Ebi Kesiena The National Action on Sugar (NASR), a health coalition advocating for policy measures to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Nigeria, has applauded the Buhari administration for introducing a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. Recall...

By John Ikani More than one million Covid-19 cases were recorded by the United States on Monday, as the Omicron variant spread at a blistering pace. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, there were 1,080,211...