The World Health Organization (WHO) raised an alarm on Friday, announcing that the H5N1 bird flu virus strain, which emerged prominently in 1996, has been detected...
A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), has revealed that about 10.6 million people die every year from the excessive consumption of alcohol and...
No fewer than 120 newborn babies in incubators in hospitals across Gaza are in danger as fuel supply to the war-torn city runs out, the United...
Nigerian youths are faced with many challenges ranging from social, political, cultural and health, which affect their productivity. However, health challenges need to be addressed in...
Surrounded by several myths and misconceptions, family planning has been in existence since the 16th century when women were admonished to space their children for a...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday took a fresh step on pre-packaged foods with fats and oils in the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has given a new directive on consuming soft drinks containing aspartame sweeteners. According to the...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has declared aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners, as a possible carcinogen. WHAT IS ASPARTAME? Aspartame...
The alarm raised by World Health Organisation (WHO) on how artificial sweeteners in products like chewing gum, toothpaste, and soft drinks, among others can pose cancer...
At least eight million people worldwide, including Nigerians, die of Tobacco smoke annually, World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed. The figure was noted on Wednesday, May 31,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has alerted Nigeria and other countries to be prepared for another global pandemic after Coronavirus (COVID-19). WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted Nigerians of another deadly virus, Marburg Virus Disease, recently confirmed in Equatorial Guinea. Note: According...
No fewer than five hundred thousand people reportedly die yearly in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa over the intake of fake drugs, Naija News learnt. According to...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed on Wednesday that the recent COVID-19 outbreak in China is predominantly caused by the Omicron subvariants BA.5.2 and BF.7....
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alleged four dangerous cough syrups that were produced in India that have so far killed no fewer than sixty-six people....
The remains of Chukwuemaka Akachi was discovered on May 13, 2019, by his friends after he had successfully executed his suicide mission by taking two bottles...
World Health Organization (WHO) and UNITED Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) say new data released yesterday, shows a decline in global vaccination coverage in 2021, with...
The Presidency has said Nigeria deserves to be selected to be among the countries approved to begin production of COVID-19 vaccine in Africa. Recall that the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that at least one in ten medical personnel have been fully vaccinated in Africa. According to the agency of...
The Afghanistan Taliban government on Monday, October 18, granted a dialogue with the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The development was...