Grooming Healthy Families
As part of efforts to redefine the country’s national COVID-19 response and build the health security framework for the country, the Nigerian COVID-19 Summit is to host Dr Anthony Fauci.…
Dr. Patrick Matemilola has lived with HIV for almost 30 years having been diagnosed with HIV in 1992. He, however, says he has never taken antiretroviral drugs to subdue the…
As Nigeria joined the global community to mark the 2021 World AIDS Day, PUNCH HealthWise spoke with some mothers who got to know their HIV-positive status during antenatal care. They…
Health experts have urged people living with HIV to embrace healthy eating habits, noting that it would not only help prevent complications from the viral infection but could also help…
Medical experts in female reproductive health have urged pregnant women to promptly seek medical intervention whenever their pregnancy exceeds 42 weeks to avoid serious complications that could lead to the…
A consultant dermatologist at Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, Dr Haroun Adamu, discusses acne, in this interview with TOLUWALOPE KAREEM What is acne? Acne is a very common skin condition that…
The World Health Organisation, on Friday, urged countries not to panic but to prepare for the likely spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant as scientists continue to study it. Speaking…
A total of 73 persons have so far died of COVID-19 in Plateau State since May 2020 when the state recorded the first death resulting from the pandemic. The Commissioner…
Omicron is fueling a steep surge in infections in South Africa but relatively few people are being hospitalised, experts said Thursday, as patients so far reported mild symptoms. The country…
The United States has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus on Wednesday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified confirmed the case…