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‘Self-injection childbirth spacing method soars in Plateau’

Increasing number of women in Plateau State have now embraced the Self-Injection (SI) method of childbirth spacing more than ever before, and it is es

Need for more funding to prevent epidemics

Ateneh Idris, 27, lost her mother and brother to Lassa fever. The disease, which her family initially thought was malaria, ended up infecting three ot

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