Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Malaria Day on Thursday, with patients lamenting the about 23 per cent rise in the cost of antimalarial medications between…
As suspected cases of an unknown illness in Sokoto State hits 196 and seven deaths, the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr Jide Idris,…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has reported one death and confirmed 15 new cases of Lassa fever within one week across the country. The NCDC said…
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has said that viral hepatitis infections are the second leading infectious cause of death globally, with 1.3 million deaths per year, the same as tuberculosis,…
Surgeon gets emotional discussing first-ever kidney transplant from pig to human. The world’s first patient to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from hospital…
The Association of Resident Doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State, has commenced a 14-day warning strike over non-payment of seven months salaries to their new…
Two medical doctors, Michael Atiba and Ugbeye Michael, were on Monday arraigned before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over the alleged involuntary manslaughter of a patient, Ejiro Ugorobi.…
An outbreak of chickenpox has been reported in Wubara community in Jiwa ward within the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The chairman of the…
A commercial bus driver simply identified as Lukman slumped and lost his life while conveying some students to the the University of Ilọrin campus. DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS gathered that the…
Snoring may seem normal to some and an embarrassment to a few, especially if it disturbs the sleep of others. However, no matter how it is viewed, medical experts say…