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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it intends to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle the current epidemic in a remote area of Congo to mitigate it spreading, particularly to the provincial capital of 1 million people.

Congo reported the outbreak on Tuesday, with 32 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of the disease since April 4, including 18 deaths. A new suspected case was reported on Friday.

WHO is moving swiftly, having been criticised for bungling its response to a 2014-2016 outbreak that lead to the deaths of more than 11,300 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

The Nigerian and United States governments have committed 110 million dollars to a project, the Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Assessment Survey (NAIIS), that would give precision and direction to all HIV/AIDS-related activities in Nigeria.

The survey which will be conducted by experts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, (UMB), in at least 170, 000, households in Nigeria, will bequeath the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), with good and precise knowledge of HIV fight and other related activities in Nigeria.

Science may have finally come through for many as A professor from UCLA has designed “an antidote that could help people enjoy wine or cocktails or beer without a hangover.”

According to Yunfeng Lu, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the Los Angeles university, there is now a solution to that all-powerful, all-consuming hangover, and it has been tested (successfully) in mice.

Each day, hundreds of millions of people document and share their experiences on social media, from packed parties to the most intimate family moments. Social platforms let us stay in touch with friends and forge new relationships like never before, but those increases in communication and social connection may come at a cost.

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has instructed health workers in states and local governments to join the nationwide strike by midnight on Wednesday.

Biobelemoye Joy Josiah, national chairman of JOHESU, made this known while addressing journalists in Abuja.

As part of the global effort to reduce cholera by 90% by 2030, WHO announced that more than 2 million people throughout Africa will receive the oral cholera vaccine.

According to a press release, this will be the “largest cholera vaccination drive in history,” with five major campaigns being implemented in Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, South Sudan and Nigeria.

“This is an unprecedented response to a spike in cholera outbreaks across Africa,” Seth Berkley, MD, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, said in a press release.