President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers from 60 to 65 years. ...

Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), says every minute, 40 people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer. Ghebreyesus spoke on ...

The federal executive council (FEC) has approved an allocation of N4.5 billion for the procurement of HIV treatment packs to supportNigerians living ...

The US-based Nigerian cardiologist, Dr Ikenna Erinne, who reportedly killed himself after ;osing custody battle, held his estranged partner and the children ...

The United States government has approved an “emergency humanitarian waiver” to support US-funded HIV treatment in 55 countries, including Nigeria. US President ...

The minister of state for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, says Nigeria has more than 200 million people at ...

Striking resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have challenged FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Senate President Godswill Akpabio to use ...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has upgraded some medical-related programmes in Nigerian universities from Bachelor’s degree to doctoral status. This was disclosed ...

The Rivers State Government said it has confirmed the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza commonly known as ‘Bird Flu’. The Government ...

Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) of University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres (FMCs) have raised the alarm that tertiary health hospitals are ...