Health

Courtney Act, the Australian drag queen who finished second in Season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, in his latest video explained what it means to be HIV undetectable.

He explains in the video that persons on gay social apps will sometimes mention that they’re undetectable or use different abbreviations to denote their undetectability like UVL, undetectable viral load; [+u], positive undetectable; and U=U, undetectable equals untransmittable.

“Undetectable means someone is living with HIV, they’re on treatment and they’ve suppressed the amount of HIV in their blood to very low levels. If an undetectable viral load can be maintained for six months, HIV is not transmitted to sexual partners, even if condoms aren’t being used,” Act explains.

A brain-imaging study has offered new support for the notion that infants can accurately track other people’s beliefs, and they have the ability to know other people’s mental states. The study at the University of Illinois (UI), posted on the university’s website, showed that when seven-month-old infants viewed videos of an actor who saw,

The leadership of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Monday said it has shut Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited and Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd. after they were implicated in the codeine syrup saga.

Members of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have elected Dr. Francis Adedayo as their new President. He was elected on Sunday at the end of the association’s 58th Annual General Conference and Delegates’ Meeting held in the Federal Capital Territory.

The Federal Government has explained the reason behind the recent ban on the production, importation, sale and consumption of Codeine in Nigeria, after a report by BBC highlighting the danger of the substance went viral. The Ministry of Health in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesman, Olajide Oshundun

Health experts have warned of a Death Cap mushroom (Amanita Phalloides) in Canberra, which is a deadly poisonous fungus that can cause death when ingested.

According to the ACT health, an organisation that provides diverse health care services, It can be extremely difficult for even experienced collectors to distinguish Death Cap mushrooms from an edible mushroom.

People should not pick or eat wild mushrooms, and should talk to their families, friends and neighbours about the dangers of Death Cap mushrooms. Cooking Death Cap mushrooms does not make them safe.