Institute To Launch Anti-Diabetes, Malaria Drugs

The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) says it is set to launch four drugs researched and produced by the Institute before the end of the year.

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Group Donates Drugs, Fund To The Less Privileged in Kano

The Ramadan Trust Initiative (RTI), a faith-based charity organisation in Kano has donated drugs and other medical utilities for the less privileged persons with various health conditions at Murtala Mohammed Hospital.

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New Vaccine‘ll Save 30, 000 Children Yearly—Mimiko

ONDO State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has said no fewer than 30, 000 children below the age of one would be saved annually from  Haemophilus Influenza b related death following the introduction of the pentavalent vaccine in the state.

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Police, Workers Move In To Exhume Mandela's Children

Workers armed with pick-axes and a court order broke into the compound of Nelson Mandela's grandson on Wednesday to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero's children, a new twist in a row that has split South Africa's most famous family.

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Night Shift Workers Face Increased Breast Cancer Risk

Working night shifts for 30 years or more could increase breast cancer risk, a Canadian review suggests.

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A Big Medicaid Gap Looms In Obama Health Care Law

Nearly 2 in 3 uninsured low-income people who would qualify for subsidized coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law may be out of luck next year because their states have not expanded Medicaid.

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U.K. Could Allow Technique To Create Babies With DNA From 3 People

The British government is moving ahead with plans to allow doctors to create babies through in vitro fertilization using genetic material from three people.

England’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies announced the decision in London Friday, saying the advantage of the technique is that it would help prevent mothers from passing on major congenital diseases to their babies.

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New HIV Infections Among Children Have Been Reduced By 50 Percent In Sub-Saharan Countries

A new report on the Global Plan towards elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive (Global Plan) has revealed a marked increase in progress in stopping new infections in children across the Global Plan priority countries in Africa.

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Obama's Ties To Mandela Loom Over South Africa Visit

Inspired by Nelson Mandela's struggles in South Africa, a young Barack Obama joined campus protests in the U.S. against the racist rule that kept Mandela locked away in prison for nearly three decades.

Now a historic, barrier-breaking figure himself, President Obama arrived in South Africa Friday to find a country drastically transformed by Mandela's influence — and grappling with the beloved 94-year-old's mortality.

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Fashola Hands Over Fifth 24-Hour Health Care Centre In Eredo

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday handed over the fifth 24- hour Comprehensive Primary Health Care Centre in Eredo, Epe stressing that with the commissioning, the government is laying the solid foundation for a medical care referral system predicated on a robust primary healthcare that goes from primary to secondary and tertiary levels.

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