As countries around the world try to figure out ways to deal with the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said it

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the country. This was contained in a press release issued by

As part of efforts to achieve drug security in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it has set a target of cutting the

UNICEF has revealed that at least 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020, which translates to one child every two minutes. A report released by UNICEF on Tuesday

The World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is “very high” based on the early evidence, saying the mutated coronavirus could lead to surges

Members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) have commended RxAll, a health tech company, for introducing RxScanner into the country’s market. The members made this known during the unveiling

Set featured image The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has expressed concerns over the increasing rate of irrational use of antibiotics which it said had

As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday urged members of the global trade body who would be gathering next week in Geneva for

One-third of the women population worldwide experience violence in their lifetime, United Nations (UN) Women has decried. The Deputy Representative, UN Women Nigeria, Mr. Lansana Wonneh, at a media parley

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department on Monday advised against travel to Germany and Denmark because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases

The head of Germany’s disease control agency has warned that the country faces a “really terrible Christmas” unless steps are taken to counter the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. German

Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Tuesday to authorize its experimental pill for COVID-19, setting the stage for a likely launch this winter of a promising treatment that can be taken at

Nigeria has been alerted to the likely increase in circulation of heroin in the country. The alert was raised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Nigeria has the highest number of overall air pollution-related pneumonia deaths of children under-five in the world, and the highest number of household