World’s alcohol consumption expected to rise 17% in next decade

Our correspondent in Nigeria brings us the latest on the doctors' strike there which has now been suspended. Also, flooding across western and central Africa has killed over 200 people and affected nearly a million – we find out what's causing it. Finally, we see how the coronavirus pandemic has driven people to return to a local delicacy in Malawi: roasted field mice.

Germany is to set up medical storage units, hoping to stave off some of the shortages experienced at the onset of the pandemic. Meanwhile, German medics are alarmed at the current rise in ICU occupancy rates.

England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty says during a press conference alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Britain has appeared to have peaked, as more than 10 million people have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine across the country.

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Covid-19's disproportionate impact on the Black community and vaccine skepticism at a virtual annual Black History Month celebration. "We know how folks were treated historically in terms of medical science and research," she says. "And we must continue to also educate folks about what is happening now that is different."

The EU regulatory body is "fully convinced" that the vaccine's benefits outweigh possible risks. Global health experts have been under growing pressure to answer questions over the safety of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday returned to Abuja after two weeks medical trip to London.

Thirteen Kidnap victims in Edo state have been rescued and currently receiving medical attention at an hospital in the state.

In this report, Jacqueline Ogor tells us more about how medical experts are helping to manage to Lupus as the world marks Lupus day

A Taiwan restaurateur and his friends dress up as spiderman and ninja turtle while they deliver donations of lunch boxes to frontline medical staff, in an effort to put a smile on the island's healthcare workers as they deal with a sudden surge of infections.

Police in Bayelsa state have paraded a 29-year-old fake medical practitioner in Bayelsa.

Grace a robotic medical assistant was created to relieve the burden on the frontline medical staff who have been overworked due to the pandemic. The robot is designed to interact with people in isolation.

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