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A somewhat cheering news to pro amalgam-phase-out campaigners emerged at the weekend from Europe as a public consultation process resulted in the rejection of...

admin - May 10, 2015

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Drug regimen may shorten, improve tuberculosis treatment

A new tuberculosis (TB) drug regimen designed to improve options for TB therapy eliminated more bacteria from sputum than standard therapy and did so...

admin - March 19, 2015

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How Americans perceive global warming’s health consequences

The George Mason University's Centre for Climate Change Communication has released a new report, Global Warming's Six Americas, October 2014: Perceptions of the Health...

admin - March 19, 2015

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Polio: 3 million under-fives undergo immunisation

Over three million children of between ages zero to five years are being immunised against polio during the Immunisation Plus Days (IPDs) that commenced March...

admin - March 17, 2015

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Kaduna teachers given free eye screening

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has provided free eye screening exercise for its members in the Jaba Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna...

admin - March 17, 2015

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2,239 pregnant women tested HIV positive in 2014, says report

No fewer than 2,239 women where tested HIV positive in Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria in 2014. This was contained in a report released on the...

admin - March 5, 2015

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TB drug candidate advanced into clinical testing

TBA-354 is the first potential tuberculosis drug to advance to Phase 1 trial in six years The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) has...

Michael Simire - February 22, 2015

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Human health benefits from protecting biodiversity, says report

A report on biodiversity and health launched on Friday, February 13, 2015 at the 14th World Congress on Public Health, in Kolkata, India, shows...

Michael Simire - February 15, 2015

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