The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) stated on Saturday that the country has increased nationwide surveillance and emergency preparedness measures against Ebola Virus Disease in response to…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has concluded investigations into BON Bread and confirmed that its manufacturer, Food & Food Integrated Company Limited, complies with…
The World Health Organisation on 17 May declared the Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency…
For years, millions of women around the world knew the condition as PCOS, short for polycystic ovary syndrome. But in May 2026, medical experts officially changed the name to PMOS,…
After 11 years and input from 22,000 patients and clinicians worldwide, PCOS has been renamed, and the change matters more than you think. For years, millions of people were told…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Akwa Ibom state has declared an indefinite strike in response to allegations that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives assaulted, arrested, and detained medical…
A cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday, where nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home…
A rare outbreak of hantavirus aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius has killed three people and infected at least seven others during a voyage across the South Atlantic. Here…
A rare viral disease linked to rodent exposure has killed three people aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, prompting questions about hantavirus and its transmission. Here is what…
The World Health Organisation is coordinating an emergency response to a Hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch-flagged cruise ship that has killed three people and left one patient critically ill in…
