Bola Bamigbola
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Thursday, implored Osun state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps to enforce COVID-19 protocols among commuters in the state to prevent the spread of the disease.
Governor Oyetola spoke in Osogbo...
Femi Asu
Air pollution is shortening Nigerians’ lives by an average of three years and four months relative to what life expectancy would be if the country met the World Health Organisation guideline, a new report has said.
The Air...
Amarachi Okeh
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nigeria says there are currently over 1.2 million Nigerians receiving treatment for HIV/AIDS.
The Communication Specialist, US CDC Nigeria, Halilu Usman disclosed this in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
Usman was speaking with...
Amarachi Okeh
Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and 14 other states reported 582 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to figures released on Thursday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
The health agency also reported 11 COVID-19 related...
A new coronavirus “variant of interest” named Mu – also known by its scientific name as B.1.621 – is being closely monitored by the World Health Organisation, the agency has said.
In its weekly epidemiological update, published on Tuesday,...
Chima Azubuike
Gombe State Government says it has received 87,360 doses of Moderna and 12,794 doses of Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccines, totalling 100,154 doses ahead of the second phase of coronavirus vaccination in the state.
Announcing the number of doses received...
Deborah Tolu-Kolawole
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, is set to resume as the Assistant Director-General of Health Emergency Intelligence at the World Health Organisation on November 1, 2021, The PUNCH has learnt.
This was disclosed in...
Johnson & Johnson’s highly anticipated HIV vaccine failed to demonstrate adequate protection in a clinical trial involving more than 2,600 young women in sub-Saharan Africa, the company and US health authorities said on Tuesday.
Though the vaccine was found...
