The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Health Care Development Agency (NHCDA) to enforce the mandatory ...

As U.S. childhood vaccination rates sway on a “knife’s edge,” new 25-year projections reveal how slight changes in national ...

Measles, rubella, polio and diphtheria—once ubiquitous, devastating and deeply feared—have been virtually eliminated from the ...

Sometimes when patients are admitted to hospitals, they catch infections known as "hospital-acquired" or "healthcare-associated" infections.

The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and ...

The House of Representatives has ordered the enforcement of compulsory diphtheria vaccination, testing, and treatment in all ...

In a bid to address the dangers posed by diphtheria, the House of Representatives has called on the relevant Federal Government agencies to carry out a mandatory immunisation, testing and treatment of ...

As Texas grapples with an ongoing measles outbreak, the state is also on pace to see its highest number of whooping cough ...

It’s not just measles making a fierce comeback in 2025. Another disease that’s especially dangerous to young children, known ...

A new modeling study offers a stark look at caseloads in the next two decades if current trends hold. Can the nation’s ...

With the right lifestyle changes, we can not only reduce the risk of developing heart conditions (primary prevention) but also manage existing conditions effectively (secondary prevention). “These ...