Health

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Over 10,000 jobs are at stake as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his Labour government will take closer control of England’s ailing National Health Service (NHS), promising to streamline the British state....

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued another heat stress advisory, warning residents across 19 states, the Southeast, and coastal areas. This marks the second alert in just a few weeks. According to the bulletin released...

The 2024 State of the Nation Health Report reveals that Nigerians are gradually living longer, but their average age of 54.6 years doesn’t reach the global standard. The document notes that while life expectancy in Nigeria...

More than 500 mpox patients have vanished from medical facilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past month as conflict in the region escalates. Officials from Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna South Africa's Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says the United States' decision to halt its HIV funding programme is a "wake-up call" for his country. In response to termination notices issued by...

Ugandan health authorities announced on Tuesday that the last eight people who had been receiving treatment for Ebola had fully recovered and were sent home. With no new cases reported, the outbreak first identified last month...