As part of its contribution to mark the World Health Day, a non-governmental organisation, the Zainab Muhammed Bima Initiative, has distributed delivery kits
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Lagos-based father of seven, Abubakri Adedokun, says the postponement of his pregnant wife’s hospital appointment led to the loss of their unborn twins.
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The President, Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Josiah Biobelemoye, has appealed to frontline health workers in the fight against COVID-19 to take the
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The Federal Government on Tuesday formally received the 100,000 doses of the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine promised by the Government of India. The Covishield
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Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Thursday temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood clots, as
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Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday became the first Governor to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Abiodun’s inoculation came three days after President
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Waste and scrap pickers have urged the Federal Government to consider them first for vaccination as Nigeria received the first vaccine consignment on
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China’s first patent for a COVID-19 vaccine has been granted by the country’s National Intellectual Property Administration. Also on Monday, South Africa’s University
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The head of Germany’s vaccines regulator said some groups of people living in Germany could be vaccinated early next year against the coronavirus
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) that shows dexamethasone can be lifesaving
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At first, COVID-19 did not seem to discriminate. The patients who walked into Dr Uche Blackstock’s urgent-care clinics in Brooklyn, New York, with
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THERE was a sigh of relief on Thursday in Abuja as most members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet tested negative to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
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The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has tested negative to the dreaded Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This was disclosed by his spokesman, Senior
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 23 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified in Edo, Lagos, Ogun, FCT and
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The new Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Mohammed Sambo, has resumed work on Monday. The handing is expected
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has condemned the alleged harassment and intimidation by the Police of a doctor, Dr Daniel Eitokpha who attempted
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has proposed a replication of standard medical warehouses in the six geo-political zones as the ministry
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The Federal Ministry of health has announced laboratory confirmation of six additional cases among the earlier reported suspected cases of Monkeypox virus. Mrs
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