Health workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) at the Federal Medical Centre, (FMC), Owerri embarked on a protest within the hospital premises on November 21.

The health workers accused the management of the hospital of illegal deduction of their September salary without any supporting directive from the Federal Government.

A new joint study headed by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) and UC San Diego School of Medicine, United States (U.S.), have discovered that chloroquine the popular drug used to prevent and treat malaria may also be effective for Zika virus.

The drug, has a long history of safe use during pregnancy, and is relatively inexpensive.

Zika virus which is caused by the Aedes species of mosquito constitutes one of the global health risks faced by many. While in most adults the virus causes mild flu-like symptoms in pregnant women, it can result in serious birth defects in babies including hearing problems and microcephaly, a neurological condition in which newborns possess strangely tiny heads and do not develop properly.

Johnson & Johnson Exonerated in Cancer Lawsuit

A California jury on Thursday ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a woman who said she developed the cancer mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos in the company’s talc-based products including J&J’s Baby Powder.

A Group of American scientist have found a new possibility to cure leukemia, the results of a new study showed on Tuesday. Leukemia is a deadly disease that knocks down patients as young as only seven years old. In the study published in Journal Nature Medicine, the group of scientists from Stanford University and National Institute of Health found that a molecule, called “CD22”, could serve as a potent target for the killer cells of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a common childhood cancer.

Five people have been confirmed dead in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State after consuming the regular local gin popularly called 'ogogoro.' According to Punch, the deceased had between November 14 and 17 2017 visited one Uwadiegwu Eze's shop to buy and consume the local gin.

US Approves Drug To Prevent Kidney Cancer Relapse

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the use of Pfizer Inc’s cancer drug Sutent to help prevent kidney cancer from returning following surgical removal of a kidney.