Nigerians eat billions of servings of noodles. So a scare in Asia is causing alarm locally, with officials set to carry out tests.

Activated charcoal is one of the most medicinal products you can have at home, according to social media posts. Are these claims true?

There is still no cure for the HIV. Expensive treatments advertised on social media that claim otherwise should be ignored.

There is no publicly available data to support the claim, and experts say claims like this encourage medical xenophobia.

Pet owners are responding to a home concoction shared on social media. But they are well-advised to steer clear.

Marburg disease, caused by a virus related to Ebola, is rare but severe, and often fatal. But what is Marburg and how does it spread?

Recently, bills to amend Nigeria’s constitution and improve the participation of women in society were rejected by legislators. We look at w...

A quick internet search yields scores of adverts for supplements containing ashwagandha. But is the plant all it's made out to be?