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Bitter leaf, plantain-based syrup tops new remedies for diabetes

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Guava provides alternative therapy for diabetic-associated disorders of kidney Scientists have advanced search for herbal cures for diabetes mellitus with the discovery of a blood sugar reducing syrup made predominantly with bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and plantain (Musa paradiasica) as well as validating guava (Psidium guajava) leaves as better alternative therapy in ameliorating diabetic-associated disorders […]

Yellow fever causes strange deaths in states – FG

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

The federal government has attributed recent ‘strange deaths’ in some states of the federation, including Delta and Enugu, to an outbreak of yellow fever. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, gave the clarification on Wednesday while addressing State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which was presided over by President […]

Reviving local production of vaccines

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Three years after inauguration, Biovaccines project still at planning stage FG signs MoU for market access for technology transfer with partners The excitement that greeted the announcement on Monday of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, which prevented more than 90 per cent of symptomatic infections in a study of tens of thousands of volunteers, has served […]

Benue strange illness started in October, says official

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

There are indications that the strange illness ravaging Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State may have started since October 2020. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Ngishe Terungwa, disclosed this to our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday. He said they had yet to get the cause or causes of the strange illness, stating […]

Russia says Sputnik V virus vaccine 92% effective

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday that the vaccine is 92 percent effective according to initial test results. The announcement came just as Russia declared the vaccine as the most successful path to defeat the pandemic which has ravaged the world, killed thousands and infected millions. Government spoke through the Minister […]

Nigerians will benefit from COVID-19 vaccines – FG

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Minister for Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire has said anytime a potent vaccine is found or developed as a solution to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Nigerians will not be left out. Ehanire, who spoke at a two-day multi-sectoral conference on the COVID-19 with the theme: “Building back better, with resilience”, said there are arrangements by the […]

Resident doctors, legal officers begin indefinite strike in Ondo

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Ondo State University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) on Monday began its indefinite strike action over non-payment of four months’ salary. This is just as the legal officers in the Ondo State Ministry of Justice under the auspices of Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) withdrew their […]

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective in Phase 3 trial

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Vials with a sticker reading: “COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only” and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo A vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing Phase 3 […]

’26 women die of cervical cancer daily in Nigeria’

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Over 36.59 million others at risk worldwide Wife of Kebbi state governor, Dr Zainab Bagudu The Director of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), Dr Zainab Shinkafi – Bagudu, says that 26 women die of cervical cancer daily in Nigeria, with more than 36.59 million at risk globally. Shinkafi-Bagudu, who is also the founder […]

Why 15% budget allocation to health is tall order, by FG

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

N246 budgeted for one month medical care of every Nigerian in 2021 Concerns over no direct allocations for COVID-19, future pandemics FG allocates 4.526% of budget to sector compared to 12.5% by S’Africa The Federal Government has provided explanation why it failed for the umpteenth time to meet the Abuja Declaration by African leaders in […]