Rwanda has barred direct flights to and from nine countries in southern Africa, joining a growing list of nations that have imposed travel restrictions over a...
The World Health Organization has designated a newly identified COVID-19 variant as a variant of concern (VOC), the organization announced Friday. The B.1.1.529 variant, now officially called “Omicron”...
Israel on Friday imposed a travel ban on most African states, after reporting cases of a new and potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant first detected in South...
Israel began rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for children aged five to 11 on Monday, becoming one of a handful of countries to inoculate children so young...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday announced the confirmation of the appointment of Ifedayo Adetifa as the director-general of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This is...
The Nigerian Medical Association has issued a 21-day strike notice to the Federal Government, with effect from Monday, August 30. This is coming as the Federal...
The Federal Government on Thursday said it was not considering a lockdown despite rising cases of COVID-19 infections across the country. Speaking at the weekly ministerial...
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed millions of lives all over the world and has left people doing all it takes to be alive and healthy. However,...
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an American and British actor and screenwriter. He rose to prominence following his starring role as Michael Scofield in the Fox...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has intensified community sensitisation on cholera and severe diarrhoea diseases outbreak, as the death toll rises from 54 to 60. The...
There seems to be a widespread panic over the deadly Monkey pox virus and rightly so. At the moment, no specific treatment is recommended for monkey...
BY Omei Bongos-Ikwue Nigeria is facing a “silent epidemic”. Amid the din of more alluring health issues, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease...
