Browsing: General Health News

Every year the lives of approximately 1.19 million people are cut short as a result of a road traffic crash. Between 20 and 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that most often affects the lungs. It spreads through the air when people with TB cough, sneeze or spit

The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on people everywhere to renew their commitment to working together and supporting science as the twin engines driving better health, under the World Health Day 2026 theme: “Together for health. Stand with science.” The campaign marks the anniversary of WHO’s founding on 7 April 1948, launching a year-long…

Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has approved the upgrade of the Ngelzarma Primary Healthcare Centre (NPHC) to a fully fledged and equipped General Hospital sited along the 100-kilometre Damaturu-Potiskum road

AT LEAST 21,000 NHS roles in hospitals and other health facilities across England are set to be cut by 2028, according to a major Unison study

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s nominating radiologist and former Fox News Channel contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Dr. Casey Means’ path forward stalled in the Senate over questions about her experience and her stance on vaccines

At the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly in Geneva this week, Member States adopted more than 20 decisions and 13 resolutions on health issues including stroke, liver disease, tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance, diagnostic imaging, emergency care, haemophilia, precision medicine and radiation

Dr. Casey Means appeared before the Senate on Wednesday in a long-awaited hearing to discuss her highly scrutinized nomination for surgeon general

Earlier this month, senior officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists in a newly refurbished pressroom at the agency’s headquarters that its finances were “stable”. Following a year that saw its biggest donor withdraw as a member, forcing it to cut 25 per cent of its staff, its financial chief said that 85…

Governor Dauda Lawal’s administration’s investments in health, education, agriculture and infrastructure are making the desired impact across the state