The secrets of how malaria became a human-killer have been revealed by a genetic study.
The work, led by researchers from Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, compared seven types of malaria - tracing the parasite's family tree.
This revealed that, about 50,000 years ago, the parasites diverged, with one "branch" evolving into the most deadly human-infecting species.
Over 800 people have been poisoned after eating toxic wild mushrooms in around 10 provinces in the west of Iran.
At least 11 people have died from the effects of the deadly fungi and hundreds more have been hospitalised.
There is no effective treatment for such poisoning, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reports.
French medics have successfully provided a dozen patients with windpipes made from donor aortas, they told a medical congress in the US on Sunday. Previous attempts, using synthetic replacements, have failed. "It's not magic but no one really believed it could happen," Professor Emmanuel Martinod,
The latest annual report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that more than half of the global population lacked access to essential healthcare services. The report, titled ‘World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the Sustainable Development Goals’, is WHO’s annual snapshot of the state of the world’s health.
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has called off strike in Lagos, Kano, Yobe and Niger states.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Biobelemoye Josiah, JOHESU chairman, called on all health workers in the four states to relax the strike following the “implementation” of the agreement by the states.
He also asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Isaac Adewole, minister of health, for allegedly taking sides with doctors in the ongoing strike.
An Abuja based cardiologist, Dr. Tunde Fagbemi, has advised Nigerians to regularly check their blood pressure to avoid cardiovascular diseases. He gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday. He noted that high blood pressure remained a silent killer which, if not properly managed, could lead to heart attack, stroke, heart diseases and chronic kidney disease, among other health problems.
