The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has recalled the popular cough syrup, Benylin Pediatrics, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson following recent toxicity findings in the laboratory on the product. This was disclosed in a statement the Agency published on its website on Wednesday, in which it said laboratory analysis conducted…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has disclosed that an estimated 6–7 million people worldwide are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, leading to some 12,000 deaths every year. This information was revealed ahead of the 2024 World Chagas Disease Day, which focuses on early diagnosis and lifelong care to increase public…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed the outbreak of a disease of unknown origin in Sokoto state, with a total of 164 suspected cases identified in six wards of Isa local government area. Dr Jide Idris, the director general of the agency, stated, “Most of these cases are children aged…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have continued to stressed the importance of Nigerian mothers exclusively breastfeeding their babies for the first six months to enhance the well-being of their infants. The agency also condemned the inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes. During a meeting with the Association of Infant Food…
The Sokoto state government has sought the federal government’s intervention over a strange disease that killed three children in Isa local government area of the state. Speaking while receiving the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate and the Chief Executive Officer of Global Alliance Vaccine Initiative (GAVI), Dr Sania Nishtar, in the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified political inaction, lack of accountability and funding, and intolerance, discrimination, and stigma as core challenges compromising the right to health globally. In a message to mark the World Health Day, on Sunday, the WHO urged countries to invest, tackle discrimination and intolerance, and expand equitable access to quality…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has handed over assorted medical consumables to the Yobe State Government to further contain the outbreak of the diseases that killed over 20 vulnerable persons. Handing over the items at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital, Damaturu, on behalf of Dr. Kumshida Yakubu Balami, the WHO Interim Northeast Emergency Manager,…
Sierra Leone’s president has declared a national emergency over rampant drug abuse. Kush, a psychoactive blend of addictive substances, has been prevalent in the country for years. President Julius Maada Bio called the drug a “death trap” and said it posed an “existential crisis”. One of the drug’s many ingredients is human bones – security…
Rick Slayman, the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, has been discharged from the hospital. Slayman, a 62-year-old manager with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, had previously said his doctors suggested that he try a pig kidney when he was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease last year. According to CNN,…
