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Nearly 40m Children Susceptible to Growing Measles Threat – WHO, CDC Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, a record...

Africa CDC: New COVID Variant Recorded in Four Countries   The presence of EG.5 or the sub-lineages of the coronavirus has been reported in Uganda, Egypt, Cape Verde,...

727 Nigerian-trained Medical Doctors Relocate To The UK   Apparently, there are reports that no less than 727 Nigerian-trained medical doctors have relocated to the United Kingdom between December...

Undercooked Meat Linked To Cause of UTIs Scientists are warning that undercooked meat could be responsible for causing hundreds of thousands of urinary tract infections (UTIs) every year. However,...

Uganda's Ebola Outbreak Increases Despite Hopes For Vaccines The World Health Organization (WHO) is stepping up its efforts to support the government-led response against the outbreak, which has...

Pfizer, BioNTech Vaccine 73.2% Effective In Children Under 5 According to new data that was gathered from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech on Tuesday, their vaccine was 73.2% effective...

DMU academics secure research grant to tackle malnutrition in Africa Two academics from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) are to take part in an €11 million, six year-long...

World Multiple Sclerosis Day: Only 80 Registered Neurologists In Nigeria   Despite having a population of over 206 million citizens, Nigeria has only around 80 registered neurologists within the...

WHO: Cancer Kills Over 500,000 Africans In 2022 The World Health Organisation (WHO) is seeking urgent interventions to avert a projected one million annual deaths by 2030, as it...

Researchers to recruit 120 ex-footballers for dementia study HEALTHDIGEST- Researchers are seeking to recruit 120 former professional footballers to help with a new study to investigate how to...