Health

Coronavirus: Central region stops mass testing

The Central Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has asked all health facilities and districts to desist from mass testing of people unless...

Coronavirus kills three-month-old baby in Northern region [video]

A three-month-old baby is among the recorded Covid-19 deaths in the Northern, the regional Ghana Health Service says. Speaking at a briefing in...

Dr Okoe Boye reveals coronavirus status

Deputy Health Minister, Benard Okoe Boye, has tested negative to the deadly novel coronavirus.The medical practitioner-cum-politician, who was rumoured to have contracted the virus...

FDA approves convalescence plasma treatment for coronavirus patients

Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, on Tuesday confirmed that the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has approved an investigational convalescent plasma collected...

Saham Ghana supports COVID-19 fight with GH₵280,000

Saham Ghana, comprising leading insurance companies, Saham Insurance and Saham Life Insurance, and subsidiaries of Sanlam Group - a leading diversified Pan-African financial services...

Covid-19: Chinese embassy, Chinese community in Ghana donates to the Ridge Hospital

The Chinese embassy in Ghana together with the Chinese community has donated items to the Greater Accra regional hospital to complement government effort at...

Mixed reactions greet nosemask fines in Ho

A cross-section of people in Ho, the Volta Regional capital, have expressed mixed feelings on the imposition of fines on persons not wearing facemasks...

Do not leave your house without these three things

Do not leave your house without these three things: CDC With no vaccine for the novel coronavirus yet, the best and the only way to...

Covid-19: AngloGold staff test positive in Upper West

Acting Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Damien Pungyiri, has disclosed that out of the 10 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in...

Coronavirus can still pass between face mask wearers — even when they’re 4 feet apart: study

COVID-19 can be transmitted between people who are standing more than four feet apart, even if they are wearing a mask, a new study has found. The...

Dexamethasone: What is the new life-saving coronavirus drug?

Researchers have announced that a drug called dexamethasone has been found to reduce the risk of deaths among ventilated Covid-19 patients by around 33 per cent. A team of...

What is the best time of the day to have Vitamin C?

8Boost your immunity with Vitamin C Vitamin C is a super nutrient for the body, with power-packed benefits for your immune system, skin and the...

4 reasons why you need to start drinking raw egg yolks

Here are 4 health benefits of drinking raw egg yolks. Eggs have three separate sections; the shell, the white and the yolk. When you crack...

About 200 staff of Kwadaso SDA Hospital being tested after Medical Director died of Covid-19

About 200 workers of the Kwadaso SDA Hospital in Kumasi are being tested for coronavirus after the Medical Director of the facility died of...

Kwahu Tafo chief donates medical equipment to 3 hospitals in Eastern Region

The chief of Kwahu Tafo, Nana Kwasi Opoku Minita II, has assured residents of his commitment to ensure that there is proper healthcare delivery...

Covid-19: Another high-profile govt official tests positive

Another government official, the Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has tested positive for Covid-19. Dr Dsane-Selby who...

The story of 16-year-old who may die in 9 days over inability to raise GHC 25,000 for surgery

GHc 25,000.00 may be chicken change for someone but for the family of 16-year-old Genevieve, that amount, if not raised in 9 days will...

Life-saving coronavirus drug has been found

A cheap and widely available drug called dexamethasone can help save the lives of patients who are seriously ill with coronavirus, according to a...

Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll now 58

Ghana has recorded 229 new cases of the Coronavirus disease, bringing the total number of cases to 12,193, the Ghana Health Service has announced. Fifty-eight...

Coronavirus: 229 new cases increase Ghana’s total to 12,193

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has disclosed that 229 more people have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the country’s total to 12,193. According to the...

Covid-19: Babies test positive at Nkawkaw

It has emerged that three babies have contracted the deadly COVID-19 disease at Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern region. It is not clear...

COVID-19: Try these simple home remedies to treat a sore throat

Do you have a sore throat? A sore throat is no less than a nuisance. It can also be one of the earliest symptoms of...

The incredible health benefits of guava leaves

Guava leaves contain antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents and antibacterials which make them have an abundance of health benefits. These leaves are more important than we...

Health Minister discharged from UGMC, recovering at home

Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu has been discharged from the hospital where he was being treated for Covid-19, the Information Minister has disclosed. Kojo Oppong...

Ghana’s coronavirus death toll being massaged – OccupyGhana

Pressure Group, OccupyGhana has expressed skepticism about the veracity of some of the figure put out by the Ghana Health Service with regards to...

Four inmates in Asamankese police cells test positive for Covid-19

Four inmates in Asamankese police cells in the Eastern region have tested positive for Covid-19. The Lower West Akyem Municipal Health Director, Dr Samuel Boateng...

Apam community jubilates after 33 people test negative for Covid-19

There was spontaneous massive jubilation amidst singing, dancing and thanksgiving to God by the people of Apam when 33 of the 37 people who...

All Wa Prison inmates have tested negative for Covid-19

All the 117 inmates of the Wa Central Prisons have tested negative for Covid-19, Assistant Director of Prisons, Upper West Regional Commander of the...

Burglars break into Wa Covid-19 isolation centre

Reports indicate that thieves have made away with a mattress and a 32-inch television set after they broke into the Wa Municipal Covid-19 isolation...

Covid-19: Voluntary blood donation down by 21 per cent

The National Blood Service, Ghana ( NBSG) has recorded a 21 percent decline in total blood collections and supply per last year’s record for...

Your nephew was brought in dead – Korle-bu parries negligence accusation

Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has denied negligence in the death of a 27-year-old man who reportedly died at the facility. In a video...

Total number of nurses, midwives infected with Covid-19 released!

Some 181 nurses and midwives have been confirmed to have contracted Covid-19. This is according to the Public Relations Officer of the Registered Nurses and...

Fabewoso: Govt has failed us – Frontline health workers [Video]

Health workers across the country have expressed grief over government’s failure to deliver on the relief packages promised them in their fight against Covid-19. President...

Slowing the coronavirus is speeding the spread of other diseases

As poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they are unintentionally contributing to fresh explosions of illness and death from other...

Key points from Akufo-Addo’s 11th address on Covid-19 fight

President Akufo-Addo on Sunday updated the nation on efforts to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. He announced a number of...

COVID-19: Young people at risk of depression, anxiety — WHO

The Central Region has recorded a total of three thousand one hundred and ninety-eight (3,198) teen pregnancies from January to May this year. According to...

Central Region records 3,198 teen pregnancies in 2020

The Central Region has recorded a total of three thousand one hundred and ninety-eight (3,198) teen pregnancies from January to May this year. According to...

Your complete guide to C-section recovery

Have you recently had a C-section? Are you planning to have a C-section? I had a C-section for my first and let’s just say...

Wearing of face masks mandatory -Akufo-Addo [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · President Akufo-Addo's 11th address to the nation on coronavirus crisis Ghanaians are now required by law to wear face masks in public places. Those...

Here are some common myths related to suicide

Here are some common myths related to suicide Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Bandra residence in Mumbai today. As soon as the...