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NCDC: Lassa Fever Has Killed 166 In Nine Months; Fatality Rate Higher Than 2024

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), said 166 people died from Lassa fever between January and September 2025, with the case fatality […]

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Scottish Varsity Researcher Develops AI Tools For Fast, Life-Saving Skin Cancer Diagnoses

July 21, 2025 td

A researcher at a Scottish university has developed AI tools that could give people in remote areas of the world access to fast and potentially […]

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Katsina NMA Threatens Strike Over Salary Adjustment Circular

July 21, 2025 td

The Nigerian Medical Association, Katsina State chapter, has threatened to embark on strike over a purported Federal Government circular on salary adjustments for medical and […]

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NAFDAC Uncovers Group Using Evangelism To Distribute Suspected Fake Drugs

May 20, 2025 td

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Rivers says it has uncovered a group distributing suspected fake drugs to the […]

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Bill To Establish Malaria Agency Passes Second Reading In Senate

May 16, 2025 td

The Senate has passed for the second reading a bill to establish the National Agency for Malaria Eradication. This followed the presentation of the general […]

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FCCPC Probes High Cost Of BP, Diabetes Medications

February 26, 2025 editor

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has commenced an inquiry into the high cost and variation in the prices of drugs in the country. […]

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Philippine Village Pays Residents To Catch Mosquitoes To Combat Dengue Fever

February 22, 2025 editor

The campaign, ‘May Piso sa Mosquito’ (There’s Peso in Mosquito), launched on Wednesday, has drawn crowds to the village hall. Village chief Carlito Cernal defended […]

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Lassa Fever Death Toll Rises To 53 Amid Decline In cases

February 10, 2025 editor

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in confirmed Lassa fever cases for the fourth epidemiological week of 2025. […]

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Uganda’s Ebola Case Rises To Three Amid Clinical Trial Of Vaccine

February 4, 2025 editor

Uganda has started a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection behind the country’s latest outbreak. According to the World Health Organisation, […]

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FG Pledges To Tackle Quackery In Health Sector

January 31, 2025 editor

The federal government has reiterated its commitment to confront quackery in the health sector in order to address misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. Iziaq Salako, minister […]

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