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NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians To Contaminated Soft Drink In Circulation

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public about a batch of contaminated Sprite 50cl glass bottles circulating in Nigeria. NAFDAC in a statement said

Victor Ezeja

June 29, 2023

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Patient Sues Doctor For Revealing Personal Information Online

Benue State Magistrate Court sitting in Makurdi, the State capital has remanded a medical doctor, Kadev Kenneth Kelvin, at the federal correctional facility in Makurdi over an allegation of cyberstalking. He was

Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism Mentee

March 31, 2023

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Lassa Fever: Victims Can Infect Others 12 Months After Treatment – Expert

A Professor of Medical Virology at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Sunday Omilabu, has said that survivors of Lassa fever can still transmit the virus to others through body fluids

Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism Mentee

February 5, 2023

NAFDAC Imposes Penalty On Traders For Violations After Reopening Onitsha Drug Market

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NAFDAC Intensifies Fight Against Fake Drugs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to intensify its fight against the proliferation of fake and substandard drugs with the implementation of a pharmaceutical traceability

Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism Mentee

February 1, 2023

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5 Medical Tests You Must Do This Year

To stay healthy this year, there are five medical tests you must do . According to Dr Chinasa of Lifestyle Medicine Practice on her Instagram handle, ariellahealthandfitness, they are: A Full Blood

Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism Mentee

January 28, 2023

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Prolonged Fasting Can Cause Kidney Failure – NAFDAC Warns

Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has advised Nigerians against subjecting themselves to long-hour fasting, as it portends danger to their

Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism Mentee

January 25, 2023

Things You Need To Know About Diphtheria

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Diphtheria – Things You Need To Know

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lassa fever and Cholera outbreaks, another disease that adding to Nigeria’s public health challenge is Diphtheria, which killed 25 persons in Kano State in one

Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism Mentee

January 23, 2023

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Edo Records 10 New Cases Of Lassa Fever As Confirmed Cases Hit 81, 8 Deaths

Edo State has recorded ten more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed persons in the state to 81, with eight deaths. Briefing journalists in Benin City at the

PBA Reporter

January 23, 2023

Nigeria Records New Disease Outbreak As Diphtheria Kills 25 People In Kano

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New Disease Outbreak Hits Nigeria As Diphtheria Kills 25 In Kano

As Nigeria battles the scourge of Lassa fever, Cholera and the resurgence of COVID-19, it has recorded outbreak of a new infection known as Diphtheria. The outbreak of diphtheria disease has killed

Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism Mentee

January 21, 2023

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10 Healthy Ways To Handle Excessive Stress

Stress according to World Health Organisation (WHO), is any type of change that causes physical, emotional or psychological strain on the human system. A 2017 Gallup survey found that 80 per cent

Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism Mentee

January 19, 2023

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NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians To Contaminated Soft Drink In Circulation

Patient Sues Doctor For Revealing Personal Information Online

Lassa Fever: Victims Can Infect Others 12 Months After Treatment – Expert

NAFDAC Intensifies Fight Against Fake Drugs

5 Medical Tests You Must Do This Year

Prolonged Fasting Can Cause Kidney Failure – NAFDAC Warns

Diphtheria – Things You Need To Know

Edo Records 10 New Cases Of Lassa Fever As Confirmed Cases Hit 81, 8 Deaths

New Disease Outbreak Hits Nigeria As Diphtheria Kills 25 In Kano

10 Healthy Ways To Handle Excessive Stress

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