US opioid epidemic is increasing rates of infectious diseases
The United States faces a converging public health crisis as the nation’s opioid epidemic fuels growing rates of certain infectious...
Reckitt Benckiser Signs MoU With Ministry of Water Resources to Promote Hygiene in Nigeria
Nigeria currently boasts approximately 200 million people, and according to the United Nations, the country is projected to hit nearly...
Nigeria adopts strategy to end the AIDS epidemic
Still basking in the euphoria of the positive results of the Nigeria National HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAISS) that...
New clue explains why cancer patients respond differently to same treatment
Researchers from Mount Sinai and IBM have discovered a novel clue in explaining how cancer cells with identical genomes can...
WHO advocates fully oral regimens to treat people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it is recommending shifting to a new treatment course in which drugs...
WHO to establish central registry on human genome editing research
The World Health Organization’s new advisory committee on developing global standards for governance and oversight of human genome editing...
There are fewer people living with HIV in Nigeria than previously thought
According to results released today by Nigerian government, there is a national HIV prevalence in Nigeria of 1.4% among adults...
Possible cure for HIV excites UNAIDS
UNAIDS said it is greatly encouraged by the news that an HIV-positive man has been functionally cured of HIV. The...
WHO’s new app detects hearing loss
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2019 edition of the annual World Hearing Day (3...
Nigeria accounts for 40% of the world’s obstetric fistula cases
The Director in charge of Family Health at Nigeria's health ministry, Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, has revealed that Obstetric Fistula is...
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