A Federal High Court in Calabar has sentenced a drug seller, Isidora Ezea, and three others to eight and a half years imprisonment each for operating unregistered pharmacy premises and illegally dispensing medicines. The defendants were convicted in suit No. FHC/CA/76C/2025, instituted by the Federal Republic of Nigeria over violations of pharmacy regulations. Delivering judgment…
Nigeria has recorded 204 deaths from Lassa fever in 2026, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) warning that delayed hospital visits, poor health-seeking behaviour and increasing infections among healthcare workers are complicating efforts to contain the outbreak. The agency disclosed this in its Epidemiological Week 19 report, which showed…
Uganda has temporarily closed its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a bid to curb the spread of the ongoing Ebola outbreak, the country’s health ministry announced on Wednesday, May 27. The decision follows the confirmation of seven cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola since the outbreak was first detected in…
Two people in Milan, northern Italy, are suspected of having contracted Ebola, according to a Monday report by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The pair — a man and a woman from Como — had recently returned from Uganda, where they reportedly spent three months working as aid workers. According to the report,…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded the public health risk level of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from “high” to “very high” at the national level, as the virus continues to spread quickly in parts of the country. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the change on Friday,…
Record numbers of gonorrhoea and syphilis infections have been reported across Europe, prompting health officials to warn about growing public health risks linked to sexually transmitted infections. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control revealed that gonorrhoea cases climbed to 106,331, representing a 33 per cent rise since 2015 and the highest level recorded…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the public health risk from the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius remains very low despite several infections and deaths associated with the vessel. Speaking at a press briefing in Geneva on Friday, May 8, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier explained that the virus spreads only through…
The new National President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Afekhide Ernest Omoti, has described the country’s healthcare system as being in a troubling state, drawing attention to the difficult conditions many doctors face. “In some hospitals, doctors stay in rooms not even suitable for domestic animals, yet they are expected to deliver at their…
The United States has reversed a policy that had suspended visa processing for foreign-trained doctors, allowing physicians from Nigeria and roughly 38 other countries to continue their applications. According to a report by The New York Times, the restriction, introduced in January, had paused decisions on visa extensions, work permits, and green card applications for…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that Nigeria and nine other countries accounted for the majority of global hepatitis-related deaths in 2024. In its 2026 Global Hepatitis Report, the WHO stated that hepatitis B and C—responsible for about 95 percent of hepatitis deaths—claimed roughly 1.34 million lives in 2024, with an estimated 1.8 million…
