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I am a lactating mother diagnosed of Mastitis

Permit me a space in your esteemed weekly health column to ask about mastitis during lactation. I am a new mother with a two-week-old baby and my brea

Gene-editing therapy for cancer: Scientists engineer patients’ blood cells to destroy tumours

Gene-editing therapy for cancer has moved one step closer as scientists engineer patients’ blood cells to recognise and destroy tumours. After being t

Nursing council inducts 144 foreign trained nurses

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has inducted 144 graduates of nursing science of foreign universities. The inductees had completed a six

Kebbi confirms 2 Lassa fever infections

Two persons have been confirmed infected with Lassa fever in Kebbi state. The state epidemiologist, Dr. Assad Hassan, announced on radio in Birnin Keb

China: Coronavirus deaths reach 811, surpasses SARS death toll

The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has risen to 811 in mainland China, the country’s National Health Commission said on Sunday. The death t