Health

Merck Collaborates with Innovative Biotech to Establish First Vaccine Production Facility in Nigeria

Merck, a leading science and technology company, on Tuesday announced that it has signed an agreement with biotechnology company Innovative…

3 years ago

Pfizer Shot Less Effective in South Africa after Omicron Emerges, Study Shows

Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been less effective in South Africa at keeping people infected with the virus out of hospital…

3 years ago

New Life for Ilorin Conjoined Twins – ARISE Special Report

One year and four months after separation surgery, conjoined twins in Ilorin bubbling with life after mother refused neighbor's advice…

3 years ago

South African Doctors See Signs Omicron is Milder Than Delta

As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet…

3 years ago

Nigeria Says It’s On Course to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control Target

Nigeria's federal government has said the country was on the verge of achieving the target of HIV epidemic control. The…

3 years ago

Nigeria Must Produce Its Own Vaccines, Says Deputy Health Minister Mamora

The Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire, Wednesday admitted that Nigeria had been forced to withdraw expired COVID-19 vaccines from…

3 years ago

Pfizer Says Covid Booster May Offer Protection against Omicron

Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even…

3 years ago

‘High Standards’: After Discarding 1 Million Doses, Nigeria Says It Won’t Dispense Vaccines with Extended Validity

Nigeria's Federal Ministry Of Health has clarified reports circulating about one million expired covid-19 vaccines in the country, stating that…

3 years ago

Buhari Flags Off $300m Afreximbank Medical Centre, Laments Brain Drain

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday conducted the official take-off of the planned $300 million African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE)…

3 years ago

Nigeria: US Foundation, ABUAD Hospital, Others Plan Free Open-heart Surgery

A Healthy Heart Foundation (HHF), the Afe Babalola University Multi-System Hospital and United States of America-based VOOM Foundation have gone…

3 years ago