The 2017 Nobel Prize in medicine has been given to three scientists "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm", or the biological clock. Their work helped illuminate one of the central mysteries of human life: why we need sleep, and how it happens.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday expressed worry over the unwholesome disposal of urban waste in Nigeria.
The World Health Organization warns a highly infectious, deadly form of pneumonic plague is spreading rapidly in Madagascar and quick action is needed to stop it.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said on Friday that at least 600,000 cases of tuberculosis are recorded annually in the country.
World Health Organisation (WHO), on Thursday disclosed that dangerous methods were used in nearly half of the 55.7 million abortions carried out each year globally.
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, alongside the World Health Organisation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS have commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s new commitment to HIV treatment.
