The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccine advisers voted Friday to recommend a maternal vaccine created to protect newborns from respiratory syncytial…
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PMS now could mean double the risk of early menopause later, study shows
Cramps, headaches and depression may not be the only impacts of PMS — there could be complications with menopause down the line, according to a…
View More PMS now could mean double the risk of early menopause later, study showsA new season of infections is here, but the shortage of a common kids’ antibiotic never ended
Parents across the US are beginning to face the struggles of a second winter without enough amoxicillin, the most prescribed antibiotic in the country. Liquid formulations of…
View More A new season of infections is here, but the shortage of a common kids’ antibiotic never endedHospital stops treating youngest babies
A neo-natal unit rated as “inadequate” by inspectors will no longer care for the most premature babies. Until now, Kettering General Hospital (KGH) has been…
View More Hospital stops treating youngest babiesAdamawa begins HPV vaccination against cervical cancer Monday
As part of efforts to reduce the mortality rate of women in Adamawa to cervical cancer, the State Government is set to begin vaccination of…
View More Adamawa begins HPV vaccination against cervical cancer MondayAIDS Foundation inaugurates advocacy clubs on public health
The world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organisation, AIDS Healthcare Foundation has inaugurated community advocacy clubs in two states and the Federal Capital Territory to address public…
View More AIDS Foundation inaugurates advocacy clubs on public healthSugary beverages: Coalition calls for public health participation in tax reforms
The National Action on Sugar Reduction Coalition has called for greater multisectoral collaboration in enacting the government’s proposed tax reforms. NASR made the call following…
View More Sugary beverages: Coalition calls for public health participation in tax reformsMissing Intestine: Doctor not qualified surgeon, Lagos Assembly reveals
The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Friday, revealed its findings on the circumstances leading to the disappearance of late Adebola Akin-Bright’s small intestine. The…
View More Missing Intestine: Doctor not qualified surgeon, Lagos Assembly revealsNasarawa hospital issues two-week ultimatum for nine unclaimed corpses
The Federal Medical Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, has given a two-week ultimatum for the retrieval of nine corpses that have been unclaimed in its…
View More Nasarawa hospital issues two-week ultimatum for nine unclaimed corpsesGroup seeks reactivation of bi-monthly media engagements on health
The Coordinator of the Africa Health Budget Network, Dr. Aminu Magashi has advocated for the reactivation of the culture of holding bi-monthly media engagements to…
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