Health

  *Lab test showed my wife’s fresh orange juice unfit for consumption – Osinbajo Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that a laboratory test on his wife, Dolapo’s, freshly squeezed orange juice found it unfit for human consumption, as he raised the alarm over the widespread use of dangerous chemicals by farmers and fruit sellers across the country. Osinbajo …

A medical expert, Dr Uchechukwu Nwokwu, says seeking a second medical opinion is not an offence, emphasising that it is an integral part of medical practice that can resolve doubts. Nwokwu, National Coordinator, National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on …

The Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is already the second-largest on record. Ghebreyesus said this on Wednesday during an online media conference on Ebola and global health issues. He warned that the outbreak was moving faster than any previous Ebola epidemic and could surpass the 2014–2016 …

Residents, commuters and motorists have expressed concern over the increasing rate of open defecation along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, calling on government authorities to urgently address the situation. Those who spoke with NAN in separate interviews on Saturday in Mowe identified the affected locations as road medians and roadsides stretching from Kara through Pakuro, Ibafo and Mowe to the Sagamu Interchange. …

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File) The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come. The U.S. Centers …

Edo Specialist Hospital (ESH), Benin, has commended Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo for providing in vitro fertilization (IVF) equipment to support couples experiencing infertility, saying the initiative will expand access to reproductive healthcare in the state. The commendation came on Monday during a press conference and media tour organized to mark the hospital’s seventh anniversary. Speaking at the event, the …

The Federal Government has intensified national preparedness and response measures against the possible introduction of the Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease (BEBOV), currently reported in parts of East and Central Africa. This is vontained in a statement issued by Mr Ado Bako, Assistant Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the move …

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced that four frontline health workers affected by Ebola in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have fully recovered and received their discharge certificates. Africa CDC said this in a post on its official X account on Sunday. According to the agency, the development marks a significant milestone for …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said Nigeria has not recorded any confirmed Ebola case linked to the current regional outbreak. The agency said surveillance and preparedness activities remained active nationwide to detect any possible infection promptly. The centre, in a Wednesday statement issued in Abuja, said it was responding to misinformation circulating about the outbreak by …

The U.S. says it is “rapidly supporting” the Ebola outbreak response by funding up to 50 treatment clinics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The U.S. Department of State said it is actively responding to the Ebola outbreak in the affected regions of DRC and Uganda. The department said the U.S. was also funding associated frontline …