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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Elizabeth Uwandu & Ilechukwu Chidiebere THE need for students to be abreast with world happenings and critically evaluate information in the era of social media formed the theme of the one day seminar on World Press Day organised by Vokeseel primary schools in Lagos. Mrs Mariam Okosesi said that World Press Freedom day ,WPF was not only about celebrating media freedom but educating younger generation on the origin and dynamics of the need to carefully consider what they post on the social media. Her words, “Despite the battles to enthrone press freedom world over, many youths through the advent of social media abuse the noble profession of journalism through what unverified news stories and happenings. I believe with ample information of WPF, youths will be better educated on what they put out on the social media.” Speaking on the theme of WPF tagged” Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies,” M...

http://ift.tt/2r3f31e Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Prof. Chris Bode. ‘ Why teaching hospitals have lower mortality rates than others’ The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof. Chris Bode has explained that the hospital’s health workers are not on strike. His explanation became necessary following the protest on Wednesday by members of the hospital’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Association of Resident Doctors (ARD). The workers had protested against alleged poor welfare condition. The state TUC Chairman, Ogunremi Francis, had claimed that the CMD usually makes deductions from workers’ salaries without remitting THEM to the appropriate authorities. He also accused him of undue harassment of labour leaders, adding that he was due for retirement, having worked for over 35 years and attained the retirement age of 60 years. But the CMD disclosed that the hospital was looking into some issues that n...

http://ift.tt/2oLaIuM Several experimental malaria vaccines previously tested in people were designed to elicit antibodies against AMA1 and thus prevent parasites from entering blood cells. *New molecule may lead to first synthetic one-dose product Researchers from the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, modified an experimental malaria vaccine and showed that it completely protected four of eight monkeys who received it against challenge with the virulent Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite. In three of the remaining four monkeys, the vaccine delayed when parasites first appeared in the blood by more than 25 days. The study published May 22, 2017, in the journal npjVaccines is titled “A malaria vaccine protects Aotus monkeys against virulent Plasmodium falciparum infection.” Malaria symptoms occur when parasites replicate inside red blood cells and cause them to burst. To enter blood cells, t...

http://ift.tt/2s1wufJ The implementation of LUTP two led to the extension of the BRT corridor from Mile 12 to Ikorodu and the launch of 434 new Air Conditioned BRT buses in November 2015 by the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. In a city like Lagos, where yearly growth rate nears six per cent and over 20 million inhabitants compete with limited infrastructure, the unending presence of gridlock across the state remains a major concern for commuters, forcing them to be more strategic in planning their movements within the state. Lagos is adjudged the largest city in Africa with about 21 million people as against 11.2 million in 2011. It is Nigeria’s largest city and its economic capital. Being 7th fastest growing city in the world, which sits on only 0.4 per cent of the country’s territorial land as the smallest in the country, combined to laud the efforts of Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA) in fast racking economic activities and limiting the number of vehicles on th...

http://ift.tt/2r3eX9R Infants born before the 28th week of pregnancy are 17 times more likely to develop the condition than those carried to full-term. Premature babies face a greater risk of dying from heart failure, a major new study suggests. Infants born before the 28th week of pregnancy are 17 times more likely to develop the condition than those carried to full-term. While those who entered the world before 31 weeks, where survival is around the 95 per cent mark, were at triple the risk, scientists found. The study was published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Swedish researchers say it’s because premature babies are exposed to life outside the womb at a time when their organs are not fully ready. This means their body isn’t fully prepared for the radical transition to the real world, affecting their cardiovascular development. More than 2.6 million individuals born between 1987 and 2012 were assessed by the team at the Karolinska Institutet. The...