Health

By John Ikani  US President Joe Biden on Saturday said America had offered Covid-19 vaccines to Pyongyang but "got no response" despite a spiralling epidemic in North Korea, where nearly 2.5 million people have fallen sick...

By John Ikani Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022. The bill repeals the National Health Insurance Scheme Act, Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004....

One person in Sweden has a confirmed case of monkeypox, health authorities said on Thursday following similar cases in Europe and North America. The rare disease usually manifests itself through fever, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes,...

By John Ikani  North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections. Although the size of the outbreak wasn't immediately known, test samples collected on Sunday from an unspecified number...

By Agedah Ebizimo The stigma, shame and discrimination associated with HIV has constrained people from testing to ascertain their status, the good news is that there exist a HIV Self-Test Kit that can be used from...

By John Ikani Health Authorities in South Africa have reported a 60 percent daily spike in Covid-19 infections between Wednesday and Thursday. The development sparked fears of a possible fifth wave as 9,757 new cases were...