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CSI Chennai Diocese organises anti-drug run in city

Ebola: Lagos is prepared to respond — Commissioner

The commissioner said the state’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) had been working ahead of the confirmation, with measures being put in place across surveillance, isolation, laboratory testing, infection prevention and control.

Africa launches West Africa research programme to speed up outbreak response

The Africa Research Preparedness Programme for West Africa is designed to address gaps in research coordination that experts say could delay critical interventions during outbreaks of diseases such as Ebola, Mpox, Lassa fever and COVID-19. They include the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the African Medicines Agency, the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and CEPI.

Bawumia proposes reforms to make Ghana West Africa’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturing hub

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has called for increased domestic pharmaceutical production and reforms to position Ghana as West Africa’s leading medicine manufacturing hub. The former Vice President made the proposal during a meeting with the leadership of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) at the PSG House in Accra on Thursday, October 22, as part of his ongoing stakeholder consultations.

Doctors in Bagalkot save life of 73-year-old man by removing tumor from chest

INL accuses UDF of plot to hand over public health sector in Keralam to corporates

The party alleges that the health task force to tackle lifestyle diseases was formed without adequate public discussion or consultation

Kenya records second Ebola death

The woman, the country’s third confirmed case of Bundibugyo virus disease, was a close family member and direct contact of the first patient, who also died, according to the Kenyan Ministry of Health

Collector calls for early breast cancer screening among women

Flagging off a rally, Himanshu Shukla stresses women, especially those over 40 years must undergo screening tests

First anniversary: FUTA Teaching Hospital reaffirms commitment to growth, quality healthcare

The hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Prof. Olusegun Ojo, said this in a statement marking the first anniversary of the Federal Government’s takeover of the Akure Annex of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH). Prof Ojo said the official takeover on October 23, 2025, marked a significant milestone in the long-standing aspiration to establish a federal tertiary hospital in Akure.

‘Bolso shows all signs of fascism’: the journalist who predicted Brazil’s future – and paid the ultimate price

Dom Phillips warned that Jair Bolsonaro would make life more dangerous for reporters and the Amazon rainforest, and that his sons were even more extreme “Bolso shows all signs of fascism, as do his supporters,” the murdered British journalist Dom Phillips told me before his death. These words were written in 2018 by the Guardian contributor shortly before the election of the far-right former army captain Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil – a prospect that Dom viewed with dread.

My mother donated her body to science. I really wasn’t prepared for what came next

My mother donated her body to science. At the time, she was 62 years old and working as a physical therapist in Portland, Oregon, where she had recently moved to live closer to me and my family.

Ebola: Uganda restricts transit for travellers from DRC

Uganda restricts transit for travellers from DRC. Uganda had earlier battled an outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus, which was declared on 15 May 2026 after cases were imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Medical experts shocked by Tennessee team’s ‘malpractice’ in Christa Pike’s failed execution

New details of IV team’s attempts to find a vein shared by Pike’s lawyer ‘shocked and disturbed’ practitioners Medical experts have expressed shock at the apparent incompetence shown by Tennessee’s execution team during the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike, the prisoner who survived a normally fatal dose of pentobarbital, which they say would be considered medical malpractice in any other setting. New details emerged on Thursday of how Tennessee’s intravenous (IV) team struggled for almost an hour to set up a line into Pike’s arms through which she would be administered the fatal dose…

Kenya Requests Zaire Ebola Vaccine from WHO Over Possible Cross-Protection

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 24 – The Ministry of Health has requested 10,000 doses of the Zaire Ebola virus vaccine from the World Health Organization (WHO) to immunise 5,000 healthcare workers and other frontline responders amid the Bundibugyo virus outbreak. Speakgn to Capital FM News, Amoth stated that the proposed vaccination targets personnel at heightened risk of exposure as Kenya strengthens measures to contain the outbreak.

Bonya community celebrates as Techiman North MP fulfills promise with new CHPS Compound

According to the MP, she explained to the community that while she could immediately deliver a school block, the CHPS compound would have to wait until the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was voted into power. For the mothers and children of Bonya, the new CHPS Compound represents more than just a building—it symbolizes safety, dignity, and a brighter future.

Zamfara NMA Intensifies Surveillance Against Ebola

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Zamfara chapter, says it is collaborating with major stakeholders to intensify surveillance and preventive measures against Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the state. Murtala, who is the incident manager, Polio Emergency Operations Centre in the state, said the NMA, in collaboration with the state Ministry of Health and partners, had developed an incident action plan to create public awareness about Ebola.

Channel 4’s new social media drama has 90-second episodes – and it’s as enjoyable as watching adverts

Enter Channel 4, which has released its first vertical drama on social media in the UK. Episode one follows Amaka (Jadesola Odunjo) who – according to the publicity bumf – is “a PR guru who is bold, energetic and impossible to ignore – just like [the Sol de Janeiro perfume]

Health Ministry Sets Up 24-Hour Medical Desk at Eastleigh Building Collapse Scene

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 24 – The Ministry of Health has established a 24-hour medical coordination desk at the scene of the building collapse in Eastleigh, Nairobi, as emergency teams continue rescue operations and efforts to assist affected families. Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni said the Ministry had activated disaster response protocols and was working with the Nairobi City County Government to provide medical support to those affected by the incident.

Before Emmanuel Uduaghan died!

Read also the second story on him from my archives, a story I reproduce not only in memory of the great achiever but also for the attention of the current Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori who may pick interest in fulfilling what Uduaghan considered for the Illah community while hosting Super Eagles when they won the 2013 Nations Cup in South Africa. Sonny Areh, his media assistant, had also posted, on his facebook page, a birthday message to Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, the immediate past governor of Delta State.

‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won

Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must quake in their boots when they receive a letter from the lawyers for Tim and Geli Harris. Lady Justice Lieven found that Natural England failed in its statutory duty to protect Catfield Fen from pollution after nitrates and phosphates washed from arable fields into one of the finest examples of calcareous fen in western Europe, home to 2,500 species including rarities such as the fen orchid, crested buckler fern,…

Webinar on modern-day tips for posture to be held on October 25

The webinar will explore how daily habits, workplace ergonomics and physical inactivity affect the spine, and discuss practical ways to prevent and manage common problems such as back pain, neck pain and stiffness

Meghan Markle ‘distressed’ over claims father had child abuse images

The Sun, Daily Mail and Telegraph newspapers reported Friday that images had allegedly been found among her father Thomas Markle’s possessions at his former home in the Philippines. Meghan, who has two children with Harry — Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five — said she hoped it could “now be understood that, despite certain media publications’ distortion over the years, any distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children, was for one reason: to protect them.”

Hospital in Yemen’s Taiz warns of collapse in days because of Houthi siege

Dialysis patients face shorter treatment sessions as severe shortages of fuel, medicines, and oxygen threaten hospitals.

EBOLA: Genomics links Nigeria’s case to Kenya index case – Pate

Genomics links Nigeria’s case to Kenya index case – Pate. Triumph of 2014, test of 2026 The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, who disclosed this on Friday night, however, stressed that there was no evidence so far that the Kenyan index case had travelled to Nigeria.