Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus. The disease causes respiratory illness (like the flu) . Human coronaviruses, first characterized in the 1960s, are responsible for a substantial proportion of upper respiratory tract infections in children. Since 2003, at least 5 new human coronaviruses have been identified, including the severe acute […]
Coronavirus Testing Centers In Nigeria The rapid spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 has sparked alarm worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared this rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, and many countries are grappling with a rise in confirmed cases. In the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is […]
I must confess that before writing this article I never knew cooking gas cylinders do expire. I felt so because they were made from metal as such they should last for a lifetime. Perhaps I was not alone in this line of thinking hence the need to put up an article that might save a […]
According to the World Health Organization, coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). These viruses are transmitted between animals and people. China has widened a lockdown in Hubei province – the centre […]
Following recent deaths and the spread of a deadly strain of Coronavirus in many countries, it has become imperative to educate the public on the dangers posed by the virus and how to prevent infection. A coronavirus is a kind of common virus that causes an infection in your nose, sinuses, or upper throat. Most […]
A program to vaccinate young children in high-risk areas for malaria begins today (April 23) in Malawi, and will soon roll out in Ghana and Kenya, the World Health Organization announced. Malaria vaccine is a vaccine that is used to prevent malaria. The only approved vaccine as of 2015 is RTS,S, known by the trade name Mosquirix. It requires four injections, […]
An animal bite is a wound, usually a puncture or laceration, caused by the teeth. An animal bite usually results in a break in the skin but also includes contusions from the excessive pressure on body tissue from the bite. The contusions can occur without a break in the skin. Bites can be provoked or […]
Antenatal care (ANC) is the care a pregnant woman receives during her pregnancy through a series of consultations with trained health care workers such as midwives, nurses, and sometimes a doctor who specializes in pregnancy and birth. An analytical review of the recent World Health Statistics showed that ANC coverage, between 2006 and 2013, was […]
What is ecstacy? Ecstacy also known as mandy is often called “the love pill” because of its ability to heighten perceptions of color, sound and supposedly amplifying sensations when one touches or caresses an individual mostly during sex. Ecstacy drug is a pill containing 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), a synthetic molecule that alters mood and perception. It […]
Gerontology and geriatrics are scientific and medical disciplines respectively, that are concerned with all aspects of health and disease in the elderly, and with the normal aging process. Gerontology is the scientific study of the phenomena of aging, by which is meant the progressive changes that take place in a cell, a tissue, an organ, a system, […]
