Nigeria Health News API

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            "title": "Shingles can hit younger than you think. The vaccine can prevent excruciating pain",
            "description": "A reactivation of the virus that causes chickenpox, the illness can be miserable. Here's what to know about early warning signs, long-term symptoms and some surprising news about the vaccine.",
            "content": "Chad Bernhard knows the pain of shingles firsthand.\nThe New York City-based audio instructor was in his mid-30s when he noticed a rash on the left side of his body and around part of his chest and his back.\nIt itched and it wasn't long before the itc... [6883 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.gpb.org/news/2026/04/06/shingles-can-hit-younger-you-think-the-vaccine-can-prevent-excruciating-pain",
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            "title": "Repositioning Nigeria's health workforce for better outcomes",
            "description": "Stay connected via Google News BY VICTOR OLUWASEYIFUNMI Nigeria can’t achieve prevention without the right workforce. On this…",
            "content": "BY VICTOR OLUWASEYIFUNMI\nNigeria can’t achieve prevention without the right workforce.\nOn this World Health Day 2026, I write not just to commemorate, but to raise urgent national concern about the future of our health system.\nNigeria faces worsening... [2971 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thecable.ng/repositioning-nigerias-health-workforce-for-better-outcomes/",
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            "title": "Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Death Toll Hits 146 As Bauchi, Taraba Top Fatality Chart",
            "description": "Nigeria's ongoing Lassa fever outbreak is showing a worrying rise in deaths, with new figures from treatment centres and national surveillance pointing not just to wider transmission, but a deepening fatality burden across several states.",
            "content": "Nigeria's ongoing Lassa fever outbreak is showing a worrying rise in deaths, with new figures from treatment centres and national surveillance pointing not just to wider transmission, but a deepening fatality burden across several states.\nLatest figu... [9779 chars]",
            "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202604060022.html",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T04:58:59Z",
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