Ebonyi state has launched a programme designed to tackle malaria menace in pregnant women.

The programme, Transforming Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Optimal Pregnancy (TIPTOP), was launched in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, selected for the pilot project.

The Federal Government has announced that there are 74 suspected cases of monkeypox virus in 11 states in the country.

Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.

The Federal Ministry of Health has warned the citizens of an increase in illegal harvest and transplant of human organs. The warning came after Egyptian authorities prosecuted forty one people for illegal trafficking in human kidneys.

Anambra State Government has announced free child delivery services for pregnant women in every government hospital in the state.

The state governor, Willie Obiano who made the disclosure in Awka on Wednesday, explained that the free medical services would also include post and antenatal care.

Scientists have created a new pill that can halt type 2 diabetes in its tracks and help patients shed pounds from their waistlines, a major study has revealed.

Results from a human trial of 632 patients found semaglutide allowed 71 per cent of them to shed pounds - it is believed this is the first type 2 diabetes pill to instigate weight loss.

The Federal Government says there is no confirmed case of monkeypox virus in Lagos state even as all the results obtained from suspected cases tested negative. Last week, Jide Idris, the state commissioner for health, announced that there were two suspected cases of the virus.