HEALTH
Bottled Water: WHO Launches Plastic Health Review
By David Shukman The World Health Organisation is to launch a review into the potential risks of...
Doctors Strike: Why We Make Use of Corps Doctors, Says Commissioner
From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja As striking medical doctors with the Kogi state government remained adamant to call- off...
Early Detection, A Mitigating Factor To Avert Prostrate Cancer Threat, Say NIMASA D-G
The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside during a novelty football match...
Lassa Fever in Nigeria : The Killer Disease With No Vaccine
By Dr Charlie Weller Rodents spread Lassa Virus through urine and droppings Since the beginning of the year,...
Water Melon Listeria Kills Three
A third person has died in Australia after eating melon contaminated with listeria bacteria. Fifteen elderly people have...
Saraki Advocates Workable Drug Policies To Stem Abuse
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called for workable drug policies that will sanitise...
Doctors ‘perform brain surgery on wrong patient’
Four Kenyan medics have been suspended after cutting open the skull of the wrong patient at a hospital...
Measles Virus Deadly As HIV, Says Health Educator
Nnaya Eziyi, Umuahia The Educator, Abia State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ASPHCDA), Mrs. Meg Onwu has...
Mass Death Looms in Kogi As Doctors Shut Down Public, Private Hospitals
From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja Following the inability of the Kogi state government to meet the demands of...
Flooding: Bello Urges FG To Construct More Dams
From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja Governor Bello of Kogi State With the early down poor this year, Governor Yahaya...