Pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has raised red alert to the recurring menace of drug misuse and abuse, which they said is now taking unprecedented toll on health consuming public in Nigeria.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has confirmed that 33 suspected cases of Monkey pox had so far been recorded in seven states of the federation. Adewole made this known to State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Wednesday, began a two-day training programme for over 30 journalists in Maiduguri on emergency health coverage.
Panic overshadowed the commencement of the Nigerian Army free medical outreach for civilians in Anambra on Wednesday, following social media reports that soldiers were injecting school children with dangerous substances.
The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) said it will collaborate with the Sokoto State government to tackle quackery in the medical laboratory science profession.
Taking multivitamins in early pregnancy may reduce the risk of children developing autism, research suggests. Experts found that children whose mothers had taken the vitamins were around half as likely to develop autism as those whose mothers took none.
