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Medical expert frowns at low reporting of lung cancer in Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa

The burden of  lung cancer is huge and grossly underreported in  Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, a medical expert, Prof. Kelechi Okonta, has said. Pro

What to know about typhoid fever

Muhammad,15, noticed a swelling in his stomach after he was wrongly diagnosed with appendix. After surgery, the symptoms still continued. He then went

AstraZeneca withdraws Covid vaccine as demand dives

Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Wednesday said it was withdrawing Covid vaccine Vaxzevria, one of the first produced in the deadly pandemic, ci

Over 130 men await scrotal hernia surgery in Ebonyi

Over 130 scrotal hernia carriers in Ebonyi State would soon undergo medical surgery.  The wife of the Ebonyi State governor, Mrs. Mary-Maudlune Nwifur

Political commitment key to malaria elimination-WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says political commitment is very crucial to eliminating malaria in Nigeria and other member countries in the Afri