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Concerns and fears have heightened over the gradual spike in the number of pregnant women who tested positive to Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Lagos State.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, recently revealed that at least 2, 131 pregnant women have tested positive to HIV, while 3, 876 children were placed under Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) within the last one year.

Asides fears that the deadly disease could be experiencing a resurgence, stakeholders are worried about the downslide in funds for HIV programmes, as most donors have pulled out, and there is little or no provision in the national and state budgets to battle the scourge.

The Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria (SOFPON) says it will inaugurate a mobile web apps “Kompletecare” to enhance timely access to medical care and health facilities. Dr Oluwagbenga Ogunfowokan, SOFPON Chairman, FCT Chapter, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja.

New study on 2018 Zika Virus Vaccines added to Wise Guy Reports Database, propose that the virus vaccines developed by pharmaceutical companies supported by research institutes and World Health Organization (WHO) are becoming more popular.

With fears of Zika virus reaching new heights, Zika virus vaccines are gaining popularity. Many Government agencies and research institutes support pharmaceutical companies for the development & manufacturing of Zika virus vaccines. It is predicted that Zika virus vaccines shot will available to the public by 2018.

A new research published in the journal Fertility and Sterility has suggestively linked mental health and fertility which it says could exist for women and men.

Women having trouble getting pregnant often try things like yoga, meditation or mindfulness, and do not realize that the mental state of the man could be the main problem.

The study involved data from 1,650 women and 1,608 men who were recruited through the National Institutes of Health's Reproductive Medicine Network at six sites in the United States.

A suspected case of monkey pox has caused hysteria in Jos, capital city of Plateau State on Tuesday.

The agitation became heightened due to the ongoing strike by five industrial unions in the health sector, under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions.

However, the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Kamshak Kuden, said it was just a suspected case, and that blood sample of the patient suspected to be infected with the monkey pox virus, has been sent to the laboratory in Abuja.

Courtney Act, the Australian drag queen who finished second in Season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, in his latest video explained what it means to be HIV undetectable.

He explains in the video that persons on gay social apps will sometimes mention that they’re undetectable or use different abbreviations to denote their undetectability like UVL, undetectable viral load; [+u], positive undetectable; and U=U, undetectable equals untransmittable.

“Undetectable means someone is living with HIV, they’re on treatment and they’ve suppressed the amount of HIV in their blood to very low levels. If an undetectable viral load can be maintained for six months, HIV is not transmitted to sexual partners, even if condoms aren’t being used,” Act explains.