NAFDAC confiscates large fake, expired drugs at Onitsha Head Bridge Market

  The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raided the popular drug market at Bridge Head, Onitsha, Anambra State, confiscating large quantities of suspected substandard, adulterated,…

NAFDAC seeks death penalty for fake drug dealers

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers. The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, made this call on…

3.7 million Northern children malnourished — Report

  The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has raised concerns over the high rate of malnutrition in North Eastern Nigeria, revealing that 3.7 million children in the…

Reps want life imprisonment for producers, importers of fake medicines

  The house of representatives is seeking life imprisonment for individuals involved in the production and importation of fake medicines. Lawmakers are asking Lateef Fagbemi, the attorney-general of the federation,…

EXTRA: US, UK citizens now visit Nigeria for quality healthcare — FG

  Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, says patients from the UK, US and the West African subregion have been flocking to Nigeria for quality medical care.…

Air Pollution Fuels Lung Cancer Among Non-Smokers -Study

  Air pollution is fuelling a rise in the commonest form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in southeast Asia particularly hard, according to a study published…

NCDC Tightens Surveillance At Entry Points Amid Ebola Outbreak In Uganda

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has tightened surveillance measures at entry points in the country owing to a fresh outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda. Last week,…

Trump stops HIV funding for Nigeria, others

  The US government has suspended financial support for HIV treatment programmes in Nigeria and other developing countries following an executive order issued by former President Donald Trump. This decision…

250 factories producing fake Hennessy, Coca-Cola, others uncovered in Abia

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has shut down the infamous Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State, for the second time in two years. The…

AI to identify women at risk of breast cancer — Report

  Artificial intelligence is able to identify women who have an elevated risk of developing breast cancer several years before it is diagnosed, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI)…

China backs WHO after US withdrawal move

China has reaffirmed its support for the World Health Organization (WHO) following the decision by President Donald Trump to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from the global…

Cholera kills nine in Rivers

The Rivers State Government has confirmed the deaths of nine individuals following a suspected cholera outbreak in two local government areas of the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr.…

States allocated 1.22% of health budget to medical equipment in two years – NGF report

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s health sector expenditure and institutional review report showed that 36 states allocated only 1.22 per cent of their health budget to medical appliances and equipment in…

Three die in Rivers cholera outbreak

Three persons are feared dead in a suspected cholera outbreak in the Isiodum community of Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the incident was discovered…

EXPLAINER: What Is This New HMPV virus in China?

News reports and social media posts are warning of a new outbreak of a little-known virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China. Instead, official reports from the Chinese Center for…