Following reports several days ago of a pox-like disease affecting several prison inmates in Sinoe County, the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) immediately conducted an intensive investigation of the cases and has confirmed that the inmates are Mpox-negative based on molecular testing results. According to a press release dated February 1, 2025, the…
The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) says it is investigating reports of another Pox-Like Disease among Sinoe Prison Inmates. A Jan. 25, 2025 release issued by the institution said its attention is drawn to the reports, considering the ongoing continental and global Monkeypox outbreak to which the NPHIL is currently responding in Liberia….
Authorities in Margibi County have arrested two drug suspects in the Lango Town community. The couple, Amaddu Fodana, 36, and Aren Johnson, 36, were apprehended with 76 pieces of Italian White and a dispenser plastic bag of Kush. Despite their arrest, the couple has repeatedly denied any involvement in the illegal sale of drugs in…
The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) has inducted fifteen recently recruited Laboratory, Research, and Diagnostics young Liberian scientists into the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) to serve as technical personnel. This will increase and strengthen the laboratory and research diagnostic capacities, shorten results-reporting time, and strengthen the Outbreak Preparedness and Response efforts, among others….
The recent action by the head of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) to have sacked two employees and suspended several others over allegations of grave corruption is apparently being resisted. The Director General of NPHIL Dr. Dougbe Chris Nyan in a Facebook on Wednesday, January 16, 2025, a day after he reportedly…
Patients with kidney problems and undergoing treatment at the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Dialysis Center at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital decried the delay in treatment that is leading to the death of patients at the facility. In an open letter to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai dated January 12, 2025, the patients under the banner Renal…
President Joseph N. Boakai has frowned on teenage girls for getting pregnant rather than focusing on their education to help rebuild Liberia. The Liberian leader wants teenagers to prevent early pregnancy where they would be forced to drop out of schools to work in order to support themselves and their kids, but instead, wants teenagers…
Residents of Tappita District in Nimba County last Friday honored Dr. Victor Kaizer for transforming healthcare delivery at the Jackson F. Doe (JFD) Memorial and the district at large. At an elaborate ceremony held at the Tappita City Hall, the citizens in separate remakes appreciated and gowned the JFD Hospital CEO for his hard work…
The Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has successfully drafted eight new regulations and is currently reviewing the Authority’s Act of 2010 for potential amendments. The week-long drafting and revision process took place in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. At the commencement of the drafting and revision activities, LMHRA Managing Director Dr. Luke Bawo underscored the importance of…
The Administrator of Marshall Medical Center Margibi County, James Peters, reveals that due to the lack of electricity at the facility, nurses are left with no option but to deliver pregnant women through the use of phone light. Speaking on Saturday, October 26, 2024, when President Joseph Nyuma Boakai visited the hospital, Peters said since…
