[ad_1] Nurses in England will pause months of strike action over pay after the UK government agreed to hold “intensive talks”, both sides said on Tuesday. Members of the Royal College of Nursing had been due to walk out for 48 hours next Wednesday, the latest in a series of stoppages unprecedented in the union’s…
[ad_1] Researchers said on Tuesday that they have identified a particularly severe form of mpox in people with advanced HIV which had a death rate of 15 per cent among patients with AIDS. Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, has long been endemic in several African countries but started spreading across the world last May, overwhelmingly…
[ad_1] Johnson Adesola, an employee of the Lagos State University (LASU), has died while waiting on a queue to withdraw money at a bank on the institution’s main campus in Ojo. TheCable understands that Adesola, identified as an official of the varsity’s bursary department, left his office for a branch of Wema Bank within the…
[ad_1] The Health Sector Reform Coalition, on Monday, called for the reinvestment of petroleum subsidies into the country’s health sector. Its Chairperson, Mrs. Chika Offor, said this in a press conference in Abuja, organised by the Coalition to analyze the health manifestos of the four front-running political parties in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…
[ad_1] Adelaide’s only dedicated rum maker, Mad Monkey Distillery, has released its first barrel-aged rum – the culmination of a three-year journey and the start of what its producers hope will be an artisan rum revolution. It’s no stretch of the imagination to envisage premium cocktail bars around Australia soon stocking more bottles of local…
By Hassan John Health sector stakeholders have disclosed they have identified gaps in the manifestoes of the frontline political parties contesting the 2023 presidential election. The stakeholders under the umbrella of the Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC), stated this at a media briefing in Abuja, Monday. Speaking on behalf of the group, the Interim…
By Gom Mirian The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended the ongoing Direct Entry (DE) registration, earlier announced to commence on Monday, February 20, until further notice. The examination body says the suspension is with effect from Tuesday, February 21. The suspension, according to the statement issued by JAMB’s Head of Publicity and…
[ad_1] Two persons have been confirmed dead while many others sustained severe injuries in a separate accident on Alfred Rewane Road by Marriage Registry intersection and around Isheri, Igando area of Lagos. The Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) Zonal Head at Isheri, Mr Afolalu Gbenga, who confirmed the accident in the area, disclosed that…
[ad_1] Pharmaceutical manufacturer Adcock Ingram is pursuing potential acquisitions to expand its range of products that are not subject to government price controls, CEO Andy Hall said on Tuesday. The company is facing increasing margin pressure on its portfolio of medicines governed by the health department’s Single Exit Price regulations, after health minister Joe Phaahla…
[ad_1] A man known as “the Duesseldorf patient” has become the third person declared cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant that also treated his leukaemia, a study said on Monday. Two other cases with both HIV and cancer, patients in Berlin and London, have previously been reported as cured in scientific journals…
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