Health
UK records highest ever daily COVID-19 cases
Britain on Wednesday recorded a further 78,610 laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases, the highest daily total since the pandemic hit the country…
Vaccinated South African President, Ramaphosa tests positive for COVID-19
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency…
Deer test positive for COVID-19 in Canada
Canada has confirmed its first cases of coronavirus in wildlife — in three white-tailed deer. The National Centre for Foreign…
COVID-19: No record of Omicron variant in Nigeria yet – FG insists
Despite Canadian authorities’ claims that two passengers from Nigeria had tested positive, the federal government on Monday insisted that the…
2030: HIV infection rates not decreasing fast enough – UNAIDS
Infection rates of HIV are not slowing fast enough to reach the goal of eradicating AIDS by 2030, a report…
Canada detects first cases of Omicron variant in two travellers from Nigeria
Canada announced that it has detected its first cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid, in two people who…
US okays drug to improve growth in children with dwarfism
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved for the first time a drug to improve growth in children…
UCTH resident doctor, Akpan allegedly commits suicide
Crystal Akpan, a resident doctor working with the Cardiology Department of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has allegedly…
Netherlands return to partial lockdown as COVID surges
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday announced Western Europe’s first partial lockdown of the winter, with three weeks of…
Lions test positive for COVID-19 at Singapore wildlife park
No fewer than four lions at a Singapore wildlife park have tested positive for the coronavirus after coming into contact…