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US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient

Daily Dispatch October 20, 2021

For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant. The procedure done at NYU Langone Health

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Population immunity behind Nigerian vaccine mandate for civil servants

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2021

The quest for population immunity is the underlying reason for the vaccine mandate Nigeria rolled out on 13 October for federal civil servants to increase the number of persons immunised against Covid-19. Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha announced the requirement for federal employees to

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Aisha Buhari urges Nigerians to take action against cancer

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2021

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called on Nigerians to take action against the ravaging cancer disease across the world. Buhari made the call in Abuja, at the annual five-kilometre “Walk Away Cancer” organised by Medicaid Cancer Foundation (MCF). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that globally, cancer is a major […]

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How AKTH makes life easier for cleft patients

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2021

By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta An unknown number of Nigerians, largely living  in the rural areas, suffer the devastating consequences of cleft palate lip. Ignorance, poverty and in some cases, the superstitious belief that their affliction was caused by evil spirits, kept them in permanent sadness, bearing the burden of  a curable affliction and the stigma

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WHO establishes new scientific group to study COVID origins

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2021

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The proposed members of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) were selected for their expertise in areas such as epidemiology, animal health, clinical […]

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FG sets December 1st deadline for civil servants to take COVID-19 vaccine

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2021

The Federal Government has set a deadline of December 1 for civil servants to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, announced this at a briefing on Wednesday in Abuja. “With effect from 1st December 2021, Federal Government employees […]