Since the onset of the Lassa fever outbreak in December 2016 a total of 194 deaths from 906 reported cases have been recorded according to the Federal Ministry of Health through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Dr Joshua Obasanya, Director, Prevention and Programmes Coordination Department, NCDC, made the disclosure in a statement in Abuja on Friday.

Marijuana

A recent study has revealed that marijuana smokers have triple the death risk from high blood pressure (BP).

Loneliness

Researchers in the US have claimed that loneliness is deadlier than obesity and should be considered a major public health hazard. The researchers looked at 218 studies into the health effects of social isolation and loneliness involving nearly four million people.

A mother in Oregon is suing Portland Adventist Medical Center for $8.6 million after she accidentally smothered her four-day-old baby in a hospital bed.

Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH have confirmed two patients, whose cases were presented late has died from Lassa fever. The Chief Medical Director, Chris Bode, while confirming the incident said no less than 100 hospital workers from different hospitals who had been exposed to the patients are also under close monitoring. One of the dead victims, a 32 years old pregnant woman with bleeding disorder, died after a still birth and already had a post-mortem examination conducted on her before her Lassa status was confirmed.

High-fat diet

A recent study suggests that people who eat a lot of saturated fat - the “bad” kind of fat that’s abundant in foods like butter and beef - are more likely to develop lung cancer than individuals on low-fat diets.