Health

Lagos woman, nurse face trial over N16m pregnancy scam

A Lagos woman and a nurse are on trial for allegedly orchestrating a N16 million pregnancy scam and procuring an illegal abortion. Get the full details her Read More…

Yusuf renames popular Kano hospital after politician

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf renames Dawakin Tofa General Hospital to honour Dr Mahmoud Baffa Yola’s contributions. Learn more about the Kano hospi Read More: https://punchng.com/yusuf-renames-popular-kano-hospital-after-politician/

Police health drive will reduce personnel deaths — Kwara command

Kwara Police Command launches “Know Your Number” health drive to reduce sudden deaths among personnel. Learn about this vital initiative for officer welfar Read More…

Flying to India? All international travellers must now fill health form amid Ebola outbreak

Briefing Chat: What tickling a chimpanzee can tell us about the evolution of speech

Nature, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02059-6 Nature staff discuss how apes share a rhythm of laughter, and how AI use may degrade skills in medicine and computer science.

Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants

Nature, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01924-8 Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.

CRISPR’s next act: the companies editing the epigenome to treat disease

Nature, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01976-w A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high cholesterol to a rare muscular disorder.

Sanders releases trove of internal HHS emails showing RFK Jr. pressured CDC over vaccine messaging

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday released a tranche of Health and Human Services (HHS) emails that appear to show HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressuring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over its vaccine…

Man who ran at police has emergency surgery after being shot by officer

A man has undergone emergency surgery after he was shot by police in Western Sydney.

Complaint over Hosking’s ‘cocked it up’ Covid remarks fails

A media watchdog has thrown out a complaint against radio host Mike Hosking over his scathing assessment of the previous government's pandemic response.

Paris bans alcohol consumption, sales amid heatwave

PARIS, France – French authorities said public consumption of alcohol would be banned in Paris from Friday, saying hospitals in and around the capital were overwhelmed amid a record-breaking heatwave. “We are reaching a saturation point in…

Congo Ebola Crisis: Contact Tracing Is Dangerously Behind, Officials Warn

Most of the people testing positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not on health workers’ radar, suggesting that contact tracing is lagging dangerously behind.