Health

The Kano State Task Force on Fake and Counterfeit Drugs says it has impounded two trucks loaded with fake and expired drugs.

A Clinical Dietitian, Mr Moses Okolie, has warned the public against the consumption of non-iodized salt affirming that such could lead to goitre and other throat diseases prevalent in the country.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved for the first time in the United States a vaccine for the prevention of the deadly Ebola virus, the agency has said.

The Enugu state government has launched its first-ever meningitis vaccination campaign in the state, declaring a mass vaccination of children between the ages of one and five.

The Malaysian government has on Sunday announced the report of its first polio case in 27 years, revealing that a 3-month-old baby had been diagnosed. Noor Hisham Abdullah, Malaysian Health Ministry Director-General said the baby had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), experiencing some symptoms.

At least 50 lives have been lost, following a measles outbreak in the Pacific Island of Samoa last month.