HEALTH

Sugarcane can boost sperm count, conception

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2021

Mrs Olufunmilola Adewumi, the Assistant Chief Nutritionist at the Orile Agege General Hospital in Lagos State has advised those seeking to improve their fertility level and libido to consider taking sugarcane juice for a boost. She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that

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North Korea accused of trying to hack Pfizer for Covid-19 vaccine info

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2021

By Oluchi Ihediuche North Korean hackers tried to break into the computer systems of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in a search for information on a coronavirus vaccine and treatment technology, South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday, Feb 16 North Korea has been under self-imposed isolation since closing its borders in January last year to try to […]

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PTF raises the alarm over new Ebola outbreak

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2021

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has raised the alarm over re-emergence of the dreaded Ebola virus in some West African neighbouring countries, calling on all Nigerians to be more cautious. Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, who raised the alarm on Monday during […]

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7 people infected with Ebola in Guinea – WHO

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2021

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Guinean health authorities have declared an outbreak of Ebola in a rural community in the south of the country with no fewer than seven people infected. WHO Regional Office for Africa, in a statement posted on its website, stated that three people have died out of the seven people […]

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South South, Middle Belt, South East top use of 578million condoms in every year

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2021

Nigerians use a total number of 578million condoms in one year, research released at the weekend has shown. In the report, the number of condoms used in the country  is led by South-South, the Middle Belt and the South East states. This may also a combination of high sex prevalence also a greater awareness of HIV […]

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No COVID-19 in Wuhan before December 2019 —WHO

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2021

There is insufficient evidence to determine that Covid-19 was being spread in China’s central Wuhan before December 2019, a joint WHO and Chinese expert mission into the origins of the pandemic in Wuhan said Tuesday. “There is no indication of the transmission of the Sars-Cov-2 in the population of the period before Dec 2019,” said […]