Like many other people in the world, do you love a passionate kiss? The type that leaves you breathless and craving for more? The kisses that the fairytales preach, yes those that sweep you off your feet and transport you to cloud nine. The world stops rotating during a good kiss and nothing else seems…

The weather is still hot and humid. People can hardly sleep at night without fan or air conditioner, for those that can afford either or both of them.

Oluwagbotemi Braithwaite, fondly called ‘Temi, was 18 years old when she died of meningitis, a virus parents didn’t know their meticulous ‘daughter had contracted, but for the postmortem result.

Plateau Government on Friday launched immunisation of children against meningitis to checkmate any outbreaks of the disease in the state.

Measles has killed 89 persons and infected 28,796 others nationwide since the beginning of this year.

As the World Meningitis Day (WMD) held yesterday with the theme, Life After Meningitis”, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released fresh frightening statistics about the contagious disease wherein 58 persons were killed and 760 others....

Unlike in the past when Lassa fever (LF) and Yellow fever (YF) epidemics used to be seasonal, the country has in the past one year continued to record new cases and deaths as well of those of cerebro spinal meningitis...

More Nigerians have succumbed to the ongoing Lassa fever (LF) and Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) outbreaks in over 27 states of the country.

Babies’ skins are delicate and prone to infections. One of the commonest problems that parents have to deal with, are skin rashes. Rashes make babies irritated and restless. In this interview with GERALDINE AKUTU, Consultant Physician, Dermatologist and Genitourinary Specialist, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Otrofanowei Erere shed more light on skin rashes and related…

Lassa fever and cerebro spinal meningitis (CSM) have claimed 26 lives and infected 88 others in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its report yesterday captioned Week 04 (January 21 - 27, 2019), 77 new cases of the fever were recorded in 13…

New estimates have shown that two leading bacterial causes of pneumonia and meningitis, Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and pneumococcal diseases, together still kill approximately 900 children per day around the world.

Following the heat waves currently experienced in parts of the country, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Abuja Operations, has warned residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to take measures to avert outbreak of meningitis.