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Johnson & Johnson Settles Talc Lawsuits for $700 Million, Agrees to Halt Sales of Talcum Powder Products

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $700 million to settle lawsuits in the United States that accused the pharmaceutical giant of misleading...

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NAFDAC Lifts Ban on Sachet Alcohol Sales Temporarily After House of Reps Discussions

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has temporarily lifted the ban on the sale of alcohol in sachets...

FCCPC Warns Against Contaminated Foods Flooding Consumer Markets in Nigeria
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FCCPC Warns Against Contaminated Foods Flooding Consumer Markets in Nigeria

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has warned and raised alarm over the increase of contaminated and adulterated foods in Nigerian...

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FCTA Urges Law To Punish People Sending Kids To Buy Tobacco

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has called on the Federal Government to create a law that would prosecute parents who send kids...

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Cholera Outbreak In Lagos: 5 Dead, 60 Hospitalised – Health Commissioner 

Five people have died, and 60 others have been hospitalised due to severe gastroenteritis caused by cholera in the Eti Osa, Lagos Island,...

EU Bird Flu Vaccine
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EU to Procure 40 Million Bird Flu Vaccines Following Controversial Removal of COVID Shots

The European Union (EU) on Monday confirmed that it is set to finalise a contract securing over 40 million doses of H5N1 bird...

India Air Pollution Deaths
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Air Pollution Linked To 135 Million Premature Deaths – Study

A study from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore found that pollution, whether from human activities or natural causes like wildfires, has led to...

UNICEF Children Food Poverty
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Nigeria Among Top 20 Countries With Highest Number Of Children In Severe Food Poverty -UNICEF

A recent UNICEF report has revealed that one in three children under the age of five in Nigeria is suffering from severe food...

NAFDAC Fake Drugs
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NAFDAC Arraigns Three Persons For Producing, Selling Fake Drugs In Kano

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arraigned three suspects before the Federal High Court in Kano on...

UNICEF Children Food Poverty
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181 Million Children Suffer from Severe Food Poverty Worldwide – UNICEF

A recent report from UNICEF has revealed that globally, 181 million children under the age of five—accounting for one in four children—face severe...

sexually transmitted ringworm
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U.S Reports First Case Of Sexually Transmitted Ringworm In Man With Multiple Male Partners

A new case of sexually transmitted ringworm has been reported by health officials in New York City, marking the first such case in...

Bird Flu Mexico
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WHO Confirms First Human Death from H5N2 Bird Flu in Mexico

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the first-ever human death caused by the H5N2 strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird...