Yobe State Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Dr. Mohammed Lawan Gana, has refuted rumors of a new disease causing fatalities in Potiskum and Nangere local government areas of the state. Reacting to social media reports suggesting an outbreak of a new disease claiming the lives of about 200 youths within a short period, Gana…
Nineteen children have tragically succumbed to complications arising from measles in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Felix Tangwami, disclosed that an alarming 200 children in the local government area have already been infected with the virus. The outbreak was first reported in Yola on Saturday, April 27,…
Former English footballer Joe Thompson has disclosed that he is battling cancer for the third time. The 35-year-old, who previously fought Hodgkin lymphoma in 2013 and then had a recurrence four years later, revealed that the cancer has returned in a more aggressive form, now at stage four. Thompson shared his struggles with BBC Radio…
The Zimbabwean government has introduced a groundbreaking HIV prevention method in the form of a two-month lasting injection. The drug, Injectable cabotegravir (CAB_LA), is now available for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), offering a cutting-edge biomedical solution to prevent HIV transmission among individuals at high risk. Unlike the conventional daily regimen of pills required for PrEP, this…
A diphtheria outbreak in Minjibir Local Government Area of Kano State has tragically claimed the lives of four children, with an additional 28 children diagnosed with the disease, according to Mr. Tasiu Yahaya, the Information Officer of the local government. In a statement issued, Mr. Yahaya disclosed that the affected children hailed from the towns…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. James Enimi Omietimi as Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, for an initial term of four (4) years, and the reappointment of Professor Sa’ad Aliyu Ahmed as Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, for a second term of…
Two schools in the Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River state have been shut down due to a measles outbreak, as confirmed by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Henry Ayuk. The affected schools are Navy Secondary School and Penniel Primary School, both situated in the same vicinity. Dr. Ayuk stated that the State…
A tragic incident unfolded on February 22 when Chidimma Susa Ezenyili, a 37-year-old Nigerian woman working as a caregiver in the United Kingdom, collapsed while tending to 86-year-old Ian Hale on Scott Road. Despite efforts to save her, Ezenyili passed away two days later. Ezenyili, a lawyer by profession in Nigeria, had migrated to the…
The Taraba State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Gbangsheya Buma, has officially declared the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state. According to Dr. Buma, nine suspected cases were reported at the Federal Medical Center, FMC, Jalingo, with eight individuals testing positive for the viral hemorrhagic fever. He assured residents that the State Ministry of Health…
The Gombe State Government has officially acknowledged the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), a contagious disease characterized by the inflammation of the brain and spinal cord membranes. According to the state government, the outbreak has claimed the lives of six individuals, with five fatalities reported in Nafada Local Government Area and one in Funakeye Local…
