U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Friday issued a warning about the link between alcohol consumption and cancer, advocating health warning labels on alcoholic beverages to include cancer risk information.…
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The National Health Insurance Authority says 19.2 million citizens have enrolled in the health insurance scheme, surpassing its 2024 target. NHIA director-general Kelechi Ohiri disclosed this in Abuja at a…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered 636,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N4.4 billion in street value at Port-Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers. This is contained in…
Read More Port-Harcourt NDLEA intercepts N4.4 billion in codeine shipment from India
Our reporter/ The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has confirmed that Kingsley Ekeanyanwu is in custody. Ekeanyanwu is managing director of Divine Kings Pharmaceutical Limited,…
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Our reporter/ The federal government says the malaria vaccine will now be part of the national routine immunisation schedule. Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister for Health & Social…
Read More FG introduces malaria vaccine into national routine immunisation schedule
