Last week, the World Health Organisation, WHO, categorised the EG.5 strain of the COVID-19 virus as a ‘variant of concern’. The variant was first reported in February 2023 and later designated as a variant under monitoring in July. WHO had earlier designated EG.5 and its sub-lineages as variants of interest. Experts say COVID-19 won’t […]
Prostate cancer killed 14 men everyday in Nigeria, the Coordinator, National Cancer Prevention Programme (NCPP), Lagos State branch, Dr. Abia Nzelu, has said. Nzelu, who said this in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday, noted that the figure was based on studies. She said that most men report […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF on Thursday disclosed that no fewer than 122 persons have lost their lives to diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria. UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms Cristian Munduate, who disclosed this in a statement by the UNICEF’s Communications (Advocacy, Media & External Relations), Safiya Yoba Akau, expressed worry over the growing […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a “total and indefinite strike action”. The association revealed this in a terse statement made available to our source; Channels Television on Tuesday evening. The resident doctors listed their demands to include the immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF, the immediate release of the circular […]
A Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon, Prof. Kingsley Ekwueme, has said, through the use of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, men will no longer die of prostate cancer. Ekwueme who is the clinical lead surgeon for Urology at GlanClwyd Hospital in Wales, United Kingdom, said it was the commonest cancer in men, adding that a laparoscopic […]
The Nigerian Medical Association NMA , Akwa Ibom State Branch, has set up a creche in Uyo where babies and young children are to be cared for during the working day. According to the Chairman, NMA Akwa Ibom, Dr Emem Abraham “NMA crèche will carter for the teaming young professional mothers who are […]
The Federal Government has confirmed the first case of anthrax in the country, TheHILL has learnt. Anthrax is a severe bacterial disease that affects humans and animals, including wild animals and livestock such as cows, pigs, camels, sheep, goats. TheHILL gathered from experts that inhalation anthrax symptoms can include: Fever and chills, chest discomfort, […]
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye said over 70 per cent of food exports from Nigeria are rejected abroad. Prof Adeyeye said this at the official commissioning of the New NAFDAC Office complex for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport/NAHCO in Lagos. In a statement […]
The 5-day warning strike embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, entered the second day today, as patients expressed frustration over their inability to receive treatment in public hospitals. The situation was particularly worse in public hospitals in Nasarawa State and Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, ABUTH, Kaduna, where patients were […]
Several persons have reportedly been hospitalized over suspected in-take of local tea at a wedding party in Kano. According to local reports, the incident happened on Tuesday, in the Sheka Area of Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. An elder brother of the bride, Sanusi Yahaya told reporters that he suspected the tea […]