Health

Ebola started 3 months earlier than official declaration

France 24

Ebola started 3 months earlier than official declaration

The WHO says that sequencing shows that the fast moving Ebola outbreak in DR Congo started about 3 months before the emergency was officially declared in May. Also, its crunch week for Zambia as voters gear up for elections. And a Rwandan…

France 24

Abia to recruit more health workers, plans 35th anniversary

Abia State Government announces plans to recruit more health workers, including medical and dental officers, and consultants, as it prepares for its 35th a Read More…

FG files fresh charge against Abuja doctor over IVF fraud

FG files fresh charge against Abuja doctor over IVF fraud

The Federal Government has filed a fresh charge against an Abuja doctor, Dr. John Abebe, over alleged IVF fraud, embryo sale, and unlawful disclosure of me Read More…

Youths on indefinite hunger strike against CJP founder shifted to hospital

Times of India

Youths on indefinite hunger strike against CJP founder shifted to hospital

Two youths who were actively protesting the CJP's core committee list found themselves hospitalized on Monday. Manish Brahmabhatt and Rahul Pandya reported that police intervened forcibly. They criticized the CJP leadership for favoritism…

Times of India

Trump signs order overriding CDC vaccine schedule and breaking up measles, mumps and rubella shots

The Guardian

Trump signs order overriding CDC vaccine schedule and breaking up measles, mumps and rubella shots

Order also recommends all shots be given at separate medical visits though cost of doing them together is lower It’s an attempt to undergird the changes made earlier this year to CDC vaccination recommendations, which were halted by a…

The Guardian

Police to fund treatment of child rescued from Anambra native doctor

Police to fund treatment of child rescued from Anambra native doctor

The Anambra State Police Command will cover all medical expenses for the child rescued from a native doctor’s house, vowing a thorough investigation into t Read More…

German killer nurse probed over dozens more deaths

CNA

German killer nurse probed over dozens more deaths

A nurse already serving a life sentence for murdering 10 patients and attempting to murder 27 others is being investigated in connection with 139 additional suspected cases dating back to 2010.

CNA

Workers in University of Otago building exposed to asbestos for years

The contaminated material was within the Adams Building, which is home to the Department of Public Health in central Dunedin.

Kidnap victim dies in captivity as Amotekun rescues 5 in Ondo

Daily Trust

Kidnap victim dies in captivity as Amotekun rescues 5 in Ondo

One of the two victims abducted by kidnappers in Okeigbo, Ondo State, has died in captivity, while security operatives rescued five others in separate operations across the state. The Commander of the Ondo State Security Network Agency…

Daily Trust

BBC

Reform MS calls for team from outside Wales to take over health board

The Welsh government rejected the proposal out of hand in a debate over Betsi Cadwaladr's future.

BBC

Union files complaint with police watchdog over response to violent mental health patient

Staff claimed police officers stood by while the male patient tried to break down a door and threatened to hurt them for more than an hour.

2 more tuberculosis cases confirmed in Edmonton's inner-city outbreak

CBC