The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a 70 per cent increase in new cases of cancer in the next two decades. About 8.2 mi...

Heart problems RADIATION from cell phones is not only associated with cancer but also with chronic diseases like heart problems. Accor...

The Governor of Florida, Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in the four counties where people have been diagnosed with the Z...

A 51-year-old man has died of Lassa fever at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba, Lagos. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris,...

The Federal Government has launched a public call centre at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to serve the country on all pu...

The Commissioner for Health in Rivers, Dr Theophilus Odagme, has confirmed that three persons have died, while more than 200 others are ...

The ‎Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, has been ranked the best hospital in Nigeria, the 6th among the 100 best hospitals in ...

Abuja – Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin (Unilorin), says the institution’s Ebola Research Committe...

More than 1.4 million birds were destroyed across Nigeria to stamp out bird influenza that hit poultry farms early this year, according...

The Director, United States Agency for International Development, Michael T. Harvey, has announced the donation of about four million ...

Dr Adebola Ogunbiyi, Consultant Dermatologist at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has said that 47 per cent of Nigeria’s...

Mr Linus Awute, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, on Saturday said the estimated blood needs in Nigeria stood at be...

Ondo state hit by a mysterious disease struggles hard to identify the cause of the ailment which was earlier this week recorded in Irel...

A local chief in Ondo State has explained the “mystery” behind a strange and unknown killer disease that has ravaged a town in the sta...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Tuesday dragged one Akintunde Smith before a Federal High Court in...

President Barack Obama is set to announce on Wednesday that he will bring back nearly all of the 1,300 United States troops deployed...

Two new cases of cholera have been reported in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers. Prof. Alice Nte, a pediatri...

The law if ​​Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos has urged healthworkers to return to work immediately in the interest of th...

The Joint Health Sector Union ( JOHESU ) on Monday called off its two months old strike. This was sequel upon a  meeting between Presid...

The Lagos state government has advised Lagosians to be at alert and be mindful of what they do, eat and drink during the yuletide celebrat...