health

Don’t lose sleep over Lassa fever, Lagos govt. tells citizens

Lassa fever is completely curable, and preventable too.

Drug trial goes awry, leaves one brain dead, five critically ill

The drug trial has been suspended

Oh No! Ebola resurfaces in Sierra Leone

Sadly, it is not yet uhuru.

Police to subject firearms-bearing officers to psychological tests

Now the police are talking!

WHO declares West Africa Ebola free, urges “strong vigilance”

Detecting and breaking every chain of transmission has been a monumental achievement.

BE AWARE! Bird Flu is back!

Poultry farmers are advised to report cases of sick birds to the nearest veterinary clinic.

Man with HIV asks not to wear condom before sex, “infects” 29 women

He was deliberately silent about his HIV status

Pregnant woman dies after hospital couldn’t fuel ambulance

Had the pregnant woman undergone the surgery, she wouldn’t have died

Beware! There is a new virus in town, and it’s spread by mosquitoes

One more reason you should kill mosquitoes!

Calabar “Ebola” patient tests “negative” for deadly virus

The Federal Ministry of Health dismissed reports of the resurgence of Ebola when it said the deceased tested negative for the virus.