Health
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NAFDAC seals 250 factories producing fake Hennessy, Coca-Cola, others in Abia
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has shut down the infamous Cemetery Market in Aba,…
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122m Nigerians at risk of tropical diseases
About 122 million Nigerians are at risk of one Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) or another and many Nigerians need preventive,…
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Nigeria tagged ‘world capital of skin bleaching’
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, on Wednesday decried the increasing use of skin-lightening…
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Striking doctors challenge Wike, Akpabio to use Abuja hospitals
Striking resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have challenged FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Senate President Godswill Akpabio…
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WHO begs US to reconsider withdrawal, calls for dialogue
The World Health Organisation has expressed regret over the announcement that the United States intends to withdraw from the organisation,…
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Wild Polio Virus: Lagos warns against reinfection, to begin response scheme across 57 councils
In a bid to safeguard successes recorded in 2020, Lagos State Government is set to begin Polio Outbreak Response in…
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Human Metapneumovirus: WHO warns against travel, trade restrictions
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised against travel or trade restrictions because of the outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV)…
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HMPV: ‘No serious threat for now,’ NCDC assures Nigerians
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country is not under “serious threat for now” for the Human…
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New Deadly Virus: FG tightens monitoring, to quarantine China passengers
The federal government has said it would activate surveillance measures for inbound passengers from China following the current surge of…
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Doctor catches cancer from patient in first-of-a-kind case
A doctor operating on a cancer patient accidentally ‘transplanted’ the disease into himself in what is believed to be a…
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