Kenya: Appeal Court Frees Jailed Doctors
Kenya: Some of the doctors freed today. The Court of Appeal in Kenya on Wednesday ordered the release of officials of the national doctors' union to continue
Taiwan Raises Bird Flu Alert
Taiwan raised its bird flu alert on Monday after the highly pathogenic virus strain killed over 3,000 birds at a turkey farm in the west of the country, the gov
Nigerian Priscilla Makes UK Tighten Health Care Rules
Nigerian Priscilla, Mother of quadruplets: Makes Britain tighten health tourism rules Overseas patients needing non-urgent treatment at hospital will be made to
WHO Develops Guide To Early Cancer Detection
WHO releases guide to cancer detection. Above, gene editing trials for lung cancer in China The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it's developed a guide to
Cervical Cancer Kills 250,000 Women
Typical hospital ward in Nigeria. Twitter photo. No fewer than 250,000 women are killed by cervical cancer every year with 85 per cent of them from low and midd
Mother Of Quadruplets Incurs £500,000 Bill
Priscilla, Nigerian mother of quadruplets. Nigerian woman incurred a bill of £500,000 after giving birth to quadruplets at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospit
Australia Tries Device For Heart Victims
Professor Peter Barlis: experiments with stent to help heart victims A new dissolving stent that has the potential to save lives has been used for the first tim
Nigeria Records Highest Malaria Deaths In 2015
The Chief Executive Officer of Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria, Dr. Muntaqa Sadiq, has lamented the high rate of Malaria cases in Nigeria, saying
New HIV Vaccine Trial To Commence In S/Africa
A new vaccine against HIV, to be tested in a trial to be launched in South Africa Wednesday, could be "the final nail in the coffin" for the disease if…
5% Of Breast Cancer Cases Occur In Men – Expert
According to a Professor of Medicine, Ed Nwobodo, on Wednesday, five per cent of breast cancer cases occurred in men. Nwobodo, who works at the College of Medic
Effects Of Make-up On Women
A Dermatologist, Dr Idi Martins, has warned against excessive use of make-up, saying that it exposes the skin to considerable amounts of germs and harmful toxin
FDA Bolsters Warnings About Class Of Antibiotics
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it's strengthening label warnings on a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones because the dru
Research Institutes Demand Inclusion In TETFund
The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutes in Nigeria has staged a protest to the National Assembly to demand inclusion of all research institutes and coll
Texas Hospitals Develop Rapid Test For Zika Virus Detection
(HealthDay News) — The first rapid detection test for the Zika virus has been developed by teams at two Texas hospitals. The mosquito-borne disease has been l
Lassa Fever: Ogun Confirms Death Of First Victim
The Ogun State government has confirmed the death of the first victim of Lassa fever in the state. The 28-year-old female resident of Ebonyi State was being tre
LASUTH Performs Its First Kidney Transplant
History was made yesterday as the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), carried out a successful kidney transplant on a 56-year-old man. Vanguard r
Two New Ebola Cases In Guinea – WHO
Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea after two weeks with no new confirmed cases of the disease in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on
Ebola Scare: UCTH Releases 15 Quarantined Suspects
Authorities of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) yesterday released the 15 persons that were quarantined following an Ebola Virus Disease scare
Ebola Scare: Calabar Varsity Hospital Quarantines 15
At least 15 people have been quarantined at the accident and emergency ward of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital following an Ebola Virus Disease scar
UCTH Shuts Emergency Ward Over Ebola Scare
The accident and emergency ward of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital has been shut down following an Ebola Virus scare. The scare was as a result of t