[ad_1] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 244 confirmed cases of Lassa fever in 16 states and the FCT as at January 22. Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said on Monday in Abuja that the centre also recorded 37 deaths, as well as a case fatality rate of 15.1 per cent. The Lassa…
[ad_1] By Godfrey AKON Nigerian researchers engaged in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund-sponsored Vaccine Development Mega Research Project at Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, have successfully handed over the Covid-19 DNA vaccine candidate for preclinical trials in Nigeria. The academics, in a symbolic handover of the vaccine candidate in Sokoto for trial, said despite the numerous…
[ad_1] James Ojo, a journalist with TheCable, has been named one of the winners of the 2022 Hostwriter prize. Winners of the award were unveiled in a blog post on Tuesday. The Hostwriter prize highlights exemplary works of journalistic collaboration. The prize is open to teams of two or more journalists who have worked on…
[ad_1] The White House said Monday that the national and public health emergencies declared just as the Covid-19 pandemic took grip three years ago will officially end on May 11. The end to both federal emergency declarations, which took effect in January 2020 under then-president Donald Trump, will see funds used to subsidize Covid medicines,…
[ad_1] Ondo State Government says it has started the building of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) clinic to tackle the menace of the diseases in the state. Francis Akanbiemu, the permanent secretary of the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (OSPHDA), stated this on Monday during a media advocacy on NTDS in Akure. Mr Akanbiemu said that…
[ad_1] Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, was absent from a United Kingdom court where she is facing criminal charges. At the resumed court trial on Monday, Sonia’s defence team said she was unable to attend court as she is currently in hospital with an unspecified condition. Her lawyers have also…
[ad_1] The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has warned business owners against the use of unapproved business registration number. She made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. She said the attention of the agency had been drawn to…
[ad_1] Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, appeared in a London magistrates’ court on Tuesday ahead of their trial for alleged organ harvesting, but his accused daughter was unable to attend. Ekweremadu, 60, appeared at the Old Bailey court wearing a grey tracksuit top, speaking only to say “Yes, miss”…
[ad_1] The World Health Organisation (WHO) has again warned that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that it is not time to declare the pandemic over. WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus said this in a statement on Monday while commenting on the outcome of the COVID Emergency Committee meeting held on Friday. “There is…
[ad_1] Last July, 78-year-old Jacqueline Hulbert suffered a fall at home and was left lying on the floor for 11 hours waiting for an ambulance. Her son Mathew Hulbert witnessed her “undignified” ordeal and has gone public to highlight the crisis within the overstretched state-funded health service. Jacqueline, known as Jackie, died from sepsis two…
