A simple fix to a major public health challenge has turned out to be not so simple after all.

Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC) has ordered mobile telecommunications firms to block pre-registered SIM cards, believed to be what criminals...

Scientists have cleared a major barrier to transplanting organs from pigs into humans after removing threatening viruses from the animals' Deoxy ribonucleic Acid (DNA)/genetic material.

There is the fear of an outbreak of Lassa fever in the country as the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) yesterday confirmed that two patients treated have died...

A review of several studies has found strong evidence to suggest that a woman's breast cancer risk can be reduced if she breast-feeds her children.

The World Health Organization (WHO) in its 2016 “Global Tuberculosis Report” ranked Nigeria first in Africa and fourth in the world behind India, Indonesia and China. Nigeria is one of the six countries that accounted for 60 per cent of the total global TB burden last year, according to WHO’s report.

Researchers have found Ebola Ribo Nucleic Acid (RNA)/genetic material in the semen of survivors two years after infection. They are calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to update its guidelines on sexual transmission.

More concerns have emerged on the health implications of household air pollution. According to latest figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO), 4.3 million people a year...

The Nigerian Army has been charged to know their hepatitis status and engage in regular medical check up to prevent the disease.

Five of the world’s largest emerging economies — China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Nigeria — have lost 236,000 children and N36.3 trillion yearly owing to lack of investment in breastfeeding, according to a scorecard on global breastfeeding published yesterday.

Today, July 28, 2017 is World Hepatitis Day (WHD) with the theme “Eliminate Hepatitis”. It is a day set aside by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to raise awareness on a silent killer...

Former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Prof. Anthony Emeribe, has been appointed member of the World Health Organisation...