Health

By Ebi Kesiena The African Union's health watchdog has decried the attitude of world leaders of falling short in their pledge to share coronavirus vaccines with poorer nations, noting that their failure has the tendency of...

By John Ikani  As the third Wave of Covid-19 pandemic rages on, Nigeria recorded 17 deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,573 from 2,556 reported 24 hours earlier. Data released by the...

By John Ikani  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ifedayo Adetifa as the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu confirmed the appointment...

By John Ikani Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee to commence the development and implementation of a programme for the country in collaboration with the state governments...

By Chioma Iruke The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has donated three units of Synovent Ventilator E3 (40-200ml) with Accessories VT30, Cart, Tube Assembly and Oxygen Mask to Federal Medical Centre, two Units to...

By John Ikani  A report published in Nature’s Scientific Reports has uncovered 55 long term effects of having COVD-19. According to the study, the effects are worse for those hospitalised for the virus, even after getting...