Novo Nordisk’s ambitious trial into whether its blockbuster obesity drug, semaglutide, could treat Alzheimer’s disease has been described as a “lottery ticket” by a senior executive,...
A potentially life-threatening parasitic disease once believed to be endemic to Latin America has been detected in humans in multiple U.S. states, research has found. Chagas...
Florida’s Surgeon General says his team did not study what impact ending vaccine mandates in the state would have on the spread of diseases. Joseph Ladapo,...
Sodiq Ojuroungbe Leading researchers and public health experts have expressed concerns over Nigeria’s fragile infectious disease surveillance system, warning that the current systems in place are...
Eating leafy greens and foods such as bananas may cut the risk of heart disease, irregular heartbeats and death by up to a quarter, a new...
Abiodun Adewale A non-governmental organisation, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, has canvassed collective intervention in public health issues with a view to discouraging things that...
A groundbreaking cholesterol-lowering injection, administered just twice annually, could revolutionise heart disease management, its developers have claimed. New trial data for Leqvio, also known as inclisiran...
Each rainy season, floodwaters relentlessly engulf homes and livelihoods across Nigeria, turning dreams into despair. From Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Rivers, Yobe, and beyond, families find...