Mrs. Maria Akinfe is a sickle cell disease activist and manages ‘thrivingwithsicklecell’ – an advocacy page on Instagram. In this report, Maria alongside her husband, Mr Babatunde Akinfe, shared how…

Child health experts have urged parents not to allow relatives, friends, neighbours, and visitors to kiss their newborn babies. The act, the paediatricians said, should be discouraged, warning that kissing…

When the World Health Organisation announced that it was changing the name of Monkeypox disease to Mpox, it seemed like a curious step in the nomenclature for a disease. The…

To prevent measles infection, Nigerians must embrace good hygiene and nutrition practices and also get vaccinated against the health condition, health experts have said. According to the experts, while most…

A professor of medical virology at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Sunday Omilabu, has said that survivors of Lassa fever can still transmit the virus to others through…

• Activates Emergency Operations Centre • Cases rise to 244, death toll hits 37 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has activated the national multisectoral Emergency Operations Centre…

Every January 30 is dedicated to commemorating World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. The day is set aside to create awareness of the devastating impact of NTDs on the poorest populations…

Medical specialists in ear, nose and throat management have warned Nigerians against drug misuse, poor treatment of infections in pregnancy, as well as exposure to loud noise, noting that unknown…

Dementia is a broad term used in describing a range of conditions that affect the brain of an individual during advanced age. Some of these symptoms include difficulties with judgment,…

A senior registrar in the Department of Oral Pathology and Medicine at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital in Edo State, Dr Izegboya Ukpebor, speaks about the cause, symptoms, risk…