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Why African Americans are dying at higher rates from COVID-19

The new coronavirus isn’t biased about who it infects — so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bear

Plasma from coronavirus survivors found to help severely ill patients

Doctors have found tentative evidence that seriously ill coronavirus patients can benefit from infusions of blood plasma collected from people who hav

How to kill a contagion

During the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in several countries of Africa, China sent medical experts to help, and to gather information. Some of wh

‘We had never seen a ventilator before we fixed them at JUTH’

William Gyang and Nura Jibrin, both Jos-based engineers are being celebrated as heroes across Nigeria after they volunteered and fixed two broken vent

How birth attendants, religious leaders embraced exclusive breastfeeding in Kaduna

For years, the campaign has been on to create awareness about exclusive breastfeeding. One of the key groups targeted by the campaigns are traditional