Health

Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine have said it is 95 percent effective against the virus. Russia’s health ministry, the state-run Gamaleya research center and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) in a statement…

A Nottingham Trent University scientist in the United Kingdom, Dr. Garreth Cave has invented a face mask that can “kill viruses including COVID-19 and influenza upon contact”. While most face masks have a three-layer design, this mask…

A new study in the United Kingdom has shown that household liquid substance, mouthwash may kill COVID-19 in saliva within 30 seconds when exposed in a laboratory. The new study comes as scientists worldwide race toward discovering an…

Biotech companies, Pfizer and BioNTech have on Wednesday, November 17 revealed that a completed study of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine showed it is 95 percent effective against the virus. They said the two-dose vaccine had no…

Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMA) has shut 16 health facilities across the state for quackery and non-compliance with other regulatory standards. Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Abiola Idowu,…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that three states have reported a total of 76 deaths suspected to be from yellow fever. The health agency gave the figures in its November 11 Yellow Fever Situation Report with…

A mysterious epidemic ravaging Ette Uno and Umuopu communities of Enugu Ezike, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has killed at least 40 persons. The state Ministry of Health yesterday said it had collected samples…

Ute-Okpu and Idumuesah communities in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State have raised alarm over the death of 15 people in the past two weeks as a result of an unidentified illness. The cause of the death is yet to be…

First person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown - known as the 'Berlin Patient' - has died after a battle with cancer. International Aids Society (IAS) made the announcement on Wednesday, September 30. The 54-year-old made…

Nigeria has overtaken India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age of five, two years earlier than the World Bank projected. The global bank had in 2018 said that Nigeria will take over India as the world capital for…

Federal Government has on Tuesday launched a rapid test kit for the diagnosis of the virus as part of efforts to increase the scope and access to HIV testing, especially among people living with HIV/AIDS. The kit is said to have a…

World Health Organization (WHO) Independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication has officially declared Nigeria and the African Region free of wild poliovirus. This marks the eradication of the second…

A team of researchers have discovered a blood test that can detect cancer in 95% of subjects four years before the disease can be spotted using conventional diagnostic methods. As detailed in a paper about the research published in the…

A panel of scientists at the annual AIDS 2020 medical conference has revealed that a Brazilian man may be the first person to ever be ‘cured’ of HIV after undergoing intensive experimental drug therapy. The 34 year old man, who was…

World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed preliminary clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) which indicates that, dexamethasone, a corticosteroid drug, can be lifesaving for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19.…