A team of scientists at Seattle BioMed is making progress on developing a genetically engineered version of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum that could act as a vaccine.

Where are the hand sanitisers? This is the poser currently making the rounds. Barely three months after the country was declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation, WHO, alcohol-based hand sanitisers that held sway at the peak of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, outbreak, have practically disappeared from the nation’s health scene.

While undergoing her residency at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Dr. Nneka Nwobbi, Founder/President, Children Living With Cancer Foundation, CLWCF, came face to face with children with cancer whose parents were unable to offset their hospital bills. As a result, they were detained in the hospital.

Gay men will be able to donate blood one year after their last sexual contact, if indications from the US Food and Drug Administration are anything to go by, under a proposal that will be introduced this year to end a ban that has been in place since 1983.

Diabetes remains a major health problem and can cause a long term complications on the arteries or nerves. This artery damage results in medical problems that are both common and serious.