Beef products banned in Uganda amid anthrax outbreak
The Ugandan authorities have banned the sale of beef products in an effort to stop an anthrax outbreak spreading from Kyotera district in the central region. At least 17 people…
The Ugandan authorities have banned the sale of beef products in an effort to stop an anthrax outbreak spreading from Kyotera district in the central region. At least 17 people…
The Anambra State Aids Control Agency, ANSACA, has said no fewer than 98,960 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Anambra. Dr Afam Obidike, Commissioner for Health in Anambra, gave…
A Ugandan woman aged 70 has given birth to twins, her doctor said Thursday, in what the mother hailed as a miracle. Safina Namukwaya described her joy at the…
South Africa has recorded a fall in the number of people living with HIV, according to a new survey released on Monday. The study, conducted by the Human…
A team of surgeons in New York announced Thursday they had performed the world’s first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough,…
A Nigerian doctor, who goes by the handle Maxvayshia on social platform X, has recounted how a soldier discovered that his wife allegedly committed paternity fraud following a medical…
Ghanaian MPs have said Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu should appear before parliament next week to answer questions about the five-month closure of the renal unit at the publicly…
The family of the Nigerian comic actor, John Okafor, aka Mr. Ibu, has revealed that the actor successfully underwent five surgeries and would be flown abroad for further treatment…
A patient, whose identity has not been revealed, was declared dead by ambulance workers who attended to an incident before being taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital in the United Kingdom.…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket have launched into the International Space Station, taking astronauts from the United States, Japan, Russia, and Denmark. The…
Maternal health experts say women with chronic diseases such as cancer, hypertension, sickle cell anaemia, diabetes and heart disease should avoid having too many children, warning that they are prone…
Sudan’s health ministry says it will immunise children against measles across the country, where more than three million people have been forced from their homes since fighting began in April.…
Not less than 75,000 Nigerian nurses and midwives left the shores of the country in the last five years following the sweeping wave of “Japa’ syndrome, according to the National…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Wednesday, alerted Nigerians about a suspected substandard cough syrup called ‘Naturcold’ manufactured by Franken Group. The cough syrup…
Another crisis may be looming in the Nigerian medical sector, as medical doctors under the auspices of Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), have demanded an upward review of…
New Year speech by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) for the year 2023, which happens to be his last as President. Read full text below: My fellow countrymen…
Pope Francis has called for prayers for a “very sick former Pope Benedict.” Pope Francis said today: “I would like to ask all of you for a special prayer for…
Its no news that when its Christmas, every home does not miss out on that Special Jollof Rice and Fried Chicken with a side of Salad filled with Mayonnaise. Some…
World renowned veteran Canadian singer, Celine Dion, has moved all her shows for 2023 to 2024 due to a neurological disorder that causes one’s muscles to tense uncontrollably.She made this…
On Tuesday, Indonesia’s parliament banned sex outside of marriage with a punishment of one year in jail, despite worries the laws may scare away tourists from its shores and harm…