Health

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Heath, Prof. Isaac Adewole to investigate reports of an ‘unknown disease’ killing children in Jigawa State.

Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has revealed that, the federal government has set aside N3.5 billion for measles vaccination of 33 million under five children across the country.

The minister told journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday shortly after he demonstrated the vaccination at Miyetti Allah primary healthcare centre, Rigasa, Igabi local government area of Kaduna State that, N2.5 billion has already being released to ensure the success of the programme.

Drug maker, Roche has won U.S. approval to market its skin cancer drug Zelboraf for certain patients with Erdheim-Chester Disease, a rare type of blood cancer.

Activities at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) were grounded in the early hour of Monday as contract staff protested non-payment of their six month salaries.

EUROPEAN nurses working in the NHS are leaving the UK in droves after Brexit, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has claimed.

Their latest statistics show 4067 nurses from the EU left their job last year, a rise of around 67 per cent from 2435 in the previous year.

A blood test in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy could indicate a risk of miscarriage or premature birth, early research suggests.

US doctors believe they have found molecules in the blood that can be linked to serious birth complications, months before symptoms are apparent.