Category: HEALTH
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Inquest Into Chimamanda Adichie’s Son’s Death Halted — Hospital Wins Court Order, Doctors Suspended
Euracare hospital has secured a Lagos High Court order suspending the coroner’s inquest into 21-month-old Nkanu Adichie-Esege’s death — even as its medical director and two doctors remain on suspension by Nigeria’s medical council. By IDEA Television News Desk The Lagos State High Court has granted an order temporarily suspending the coroner’s inquest into the…
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University of Ghana Is Building Africa’s Air Quality Future — One Sensor at a Time
From a $700,000 physics lab in Accra to training the next generation of African climate leaders — two landmark initiatives at the University of Ghana are quietly reshaping how the continent monitors pollution and responds to the climate crisis. IDEA Television News Desk The University of Ghana is positioning itself as a continental hub for…
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Microsoft and Mayo Clinic Are Building a Dedicated AI Model for Healthcare
In the biggest AI-health partnership announced this year, the two organisations are combining the world’s best clinical data with cutting-edge AI engineering — but Microsoft’s own CEO says trust will take “many years” to earn. By IDEA Television Tech Desk Microsoft and Mayo Clinic have announced a landmark strategic collaboration to build and deploy a…
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Two Shot Dead as Kenya Erupts Over U.S. Ebola Quarantine Centre Plan
Hundreds take to the streets in Nanyuki after the U.S. reveals plans to house Americans exposed to Ebola at a Kenyan air force base — a move Kenya’s High Court has already suspended. IDEA Television News Desk Two people have been shot dead and several others injured in Kenya following protests against a U.S.-backed plan…
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Brazil’s Ebola Scare Ends in Relief as Both Suspected Cases Cleared
Two travellers monitored in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro have tested negative for the virus — but the wider outbreak in Central Africa continues to grow. By IDEA Television Health Desk Brazilian health authorities have confirmed that two patients suspected of carrying the Ebola virus have both tested negative, bringing a brief but tense…
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Kenya Erupts in Protest Over US-Backed Ebola Quarantine Facility at Military Base
Hundreds of residents in Nanyuki, a town in central Kenya’s Laikipia County, took to the streets on Monday to reject a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility planned for Laikipia Air Base — a move that has ignited a fierce national debate over public health sovereignty, foreign influence, and Kenya’s role in managing an epidemic it has…
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Race Against Ebola: $62M Fast-Tracked for Three Vaccines as Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads
With nearly 1,000 suspected cases across the DRC and Uganda and no licensed vaccine or treatment in existence, the world’s leading epidemic preparedness body is urgently accelerating three experimental candidates — including an mRNA shot from Moderna. June 1, 2026 · · 4 min read Global health authorities have launched an urgent financial push to…
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Brazil Monitors Two Patients for Possible Ebola Infection
Authorities in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro have placed two travellers from affected regions under isolation, raising fears the deadly DRC outbreak could be spreading beyond Africa for the first time. By IDEA Television News Desk 2 min read Brazilian health authorities are monitoring two patients for possible Ebola infection in the country’s two…
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WHO Urges Governments to Protect Youths from Rising Nicotine and E-Cigarette Addiction
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organisation sounded a global alarm: a new generation of young people is being deliberately targeted by the tobacco and nicotine industry — and governments must act now. By IDEA Television News Desk The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an urgent call to governments around the…
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Indefinite Strike Grounds Enugu Neuropsychiatric Hospital Amid Medical Director’s Multiple Court Cases
IDEA TELEVISION NEWS DESK Healthcare services at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu (FNHE) have been completely paralysed as the hospital’s workforce begins an indefinite strike. The facility, which serves as the only stand-alone federal institution providing specialised mental health services in the South-East geopolitical zone, has been grounded following the strike action by the Joint…
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