Former President Barack Obama announced Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” he...
The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has identified three candidate drugs to be repositioned and repurposed for the treatment and eradication of Lassa fever. Director-General of...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has promised to donate $500,000 to Borno and Yobe States to boost health care in the two states. The Boko...
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig has died two months after the medical milestone, the hospital that carried out...
The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks. The official global...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday approved a new antiviral medicine, molnupiravir, for the treatment of Omicron variant of coronavirus. This is the first oral...
English springer Arnie, nine, started donating to Pet Blood Bank in 2015 but has had to stop after reaching the age limit. Canine lifesavers must be...
The omicron variant remains overwhelmingly dominant worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its report on the pandemic issued late Tuesday. The number...
More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery, an upward trend that spiked during the pandemic with the increase in...
The Senate yesterday passed a bill to amend the Orthopaedic Hospitals Management Board Act to provide for the establishment of two Federal Orthopaedic Hospitals in Kwara and Osun...