President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with leaders of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) at the State House, Abuja, over the 40-day-old industrial action embarked upon by resident doctors in

US President Joe Biden plans to require all federal employees and government contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Just weeks after he mandated federal workers get a shot or face

Nigeria’s federal government on Tuesday put the total number of eligible Nigerians that have so far received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at 3,600,858. Also, the government has explained

United States has expressed commitment to Nigeria push towards meeting the United Nations goal of global HIV eradication by 2030. A statement by USAID on Tuesday read that: “As Nigeria

Nigeria’s Federal Government has flagged off a national campaign on environmental response to combat the ongoing cholera outbreak in the country. Flagging off the campaign on National Environmental Sanitation Response

The Nigerian government has said it will drop all legal charges against the striking resident doctors if they suspend their industrial action and resume. The federal government also noted that

A World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was suspended after Brazilian health officials objected to the participation of three Argentine players they say broke quarantine rules. Just minutes after

Nigeria’s northern Katsina state has recorded over 150 deaths resulting from the outbreak of cholera, the state’s Primary Health Care Development Agency has said. Shamsudeen Yahaya, executive secretary, Katsina Primary

With over 2.5 million Israelis already inoculated with three Covid-19 vaccine doses, the national coronavirus czar, Salman Zarka, has said preparations need to begin for an eventual fourth jab due

Japan will issue online COVID-19 vaccination certificates from December, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday. The government plans to issue the certificates – which will be intended for overseas travel

104 people are dead in Niamey, the Niger capital following a cholera epidemic that has seen 2,874 cases in six regions, the Ministry of Health announced Friday. On August 19,

Eighty per cent of African countries might miss the goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable among their populations against COVID-19 before the end of September, the World Health Organisation (WHO)

South Korean frontline health workers on Thursday dropped plans to strike after they reached an agreement with the government on their demand for increased staffing and better work conditions during

The United States has administered a third dose of either Pfizer Inc or Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccines to over 1 million people as of Wednesday morning, the U.S. Centers for

Nigeria’s Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has been appointed Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in charge of Health Emergency Intelligence with effect from November 1, 2021 A statement issued

Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat

The Borno State government on Tuesday confirmed the death of 43 persons as a result of suspected cholera outbreak in the state. Addressing a press conference in Maiduguri, the Borno

South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish whether it is more contagious or able to overcome the immunity provided by

Nigeria and other African Union (AU) member states will receive an additional 10 million doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over the next three months through a new partnership

The Nigerian government on Monday revealed that it spent over $3.6 billion in managing the effects of COVID-19 in the country. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab