Health

List of people with higher risk of Covid-19 complication

Nigeria recorded its index Covid-19 case on Thursday, February 27, after an Italian man working as a consultant for a company in the country...

88 coronavirus patients recover in the Eastern Region

Eighty-eight out 0f 118 coronavirus patients have recovered in the Eastern Region as at May 24. The 88 recovered represents 74.6 percent leaving 30 active...

WHO suspends coronavirus hydroxychloroquine trial

The World Health Organization (WHO) has temporarily suspended testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 as a precautionary measure,...

Can vitamin D protect you against COVID-19?

For the past few days, we have been constantly hearing how vitamin D can protect us against COVID-19. But does vitamin D actually protect...

Ghana treating frontline health workers better than US – Report

Health workers at the Frontline of the coronavirus fight in Ghana are being treated better than their counterpart in the United States (US), The...

Mayor boldly tells president ‘he’s too stupid’ to the face over increase in Covid-19 deaths

The mayor of a Brazilian city that has been badly hit by the coronavirus has rounded on Jair Bolsonaro, saying the President is "co-responsible" for the nation's...

Why this woman shared her coronavirus status [read]

Zambia's Information Minister Dora Siliya says she publicly shared her Covid-19 test results to fight stigma associated with the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. She...

Disturbing picture of what came out of blocked ear leaves people unable to sleep

Horrified readers have been left unable to sleep after someone shared the results of their attempts to remove an 'earwax blockage' which had been...

Covid-19 patients no longer infectious 11 days after catching virus, says study

Coronavirus patients no longer pose a threat of spreading the killer bug after 11 days, according to a new study. Top Singaporean infectious disease experts...

Three awkward s3x questions women are too embarrassed to ask – and the answers

Lots of us still get a bit nervous and awkward when it comes to talking about sex. Speaking openly about what happens in the bedroom...

Put Leprosariums on LEAP- Rev. Father Campbell calls on government

The Parish Priest of the Christ the King Catholic Church, Rev. Father Andrew Campbell has urged government to put all Leprosariums across the country on...

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count rises to 6,808; recoveries now 2,070

Ghana's Health Service has announced some new 125 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in the country, barely hours after some 66 recorded on Sunday,...

Coronavirus: 164 workers of AngloGold Ashanti South Africa test positive

AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine in South Africa has been temporarily closed after 164 workers tested positive for the coronavirus, the gold miner said in...

Coronavirus: 16 patients in severe condition – Akufo-Addo

Government says consultations on the easing of the remaining Covid-19 restrictions will conclude this week. This will be followed by an announcement in the course...

Top politician urges citizens to party, claims Covid-19 has “ended”

A top politician in Tanzania has asked citizens to go onto the streets on Sunday and party claiming that coronavirus has “ended”. Paul Makonda’s claim...

Coronavirus patient shares shocking before-and-after photos

As he sat in his bed in a Boston hospital's coronavirus ward, Mike Schultz chatted with one of his favourite nurses about his treatment...

COVID-19: Ashanti region crosses 1,000 as Ghana’s case count hits 6,617

The confirmation of 131 new COVID-19 cases in Ghana has pushed the country’s case count to 6,617 as at Saturday, May 23, 2020, the...

Six completely false menstruation myths

Not talking about periods openly has led to countless silly myths that people still believe today. Menstruation is a phenomenon unique to girls, however, it...

We make dead bodies stand in mortuaries – Mortuary man

Richard Kofi Jordan, General Secretary of Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana, has said due to congestion in the various mortuaries across the country, dead...

CovidConnect: Subscriber shares Covid-19 management experience

It was not long after the launch of the Covidconnect service by the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) and PharmAccess foundation on April...

Coronavirus vaccine trial Phase 2 – who it involves and what it means for you

The second phase of the trial of the coronavirus vaccine tipped to be the ‘front runner’ in the fight against COVID-19 has started today. The first phase...

The right time to eat bananas depends on its ripeness. Here what you should know about eating them

The right time to eat bananas depends on its ripeness. Here what you should know about eating them Much contrary to olden times, we like...

Hand sanitiser can burn through car door if left in sunlight

Hand sanitisers used in the fight against the novel coronavirus are potentially flammable if left in warm vehicles, a fire department has warned. The Western...

New positive coronavirus cases and facility admissions declining

Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, on Thursday said there was evidence that new COVID-19 positive cases and facility admissions...

Boils: Home remedies to get rid of this condition in no time

They can grow to an unbelievable size when wrongly popped with a needle or pin, thus making the area surrounding the skin red and...

Here are 6 health benefits of gari

Gari, made from tubes and roots of the cassava plant, contains proteins, fat, carbohydrates, iron, Vitamin B and C and also starch. The leaves contain...

Ever wondered how women with long nails wash their hands?

A woman with extremely long fingernails has shared a video to show how she washes her hands. The woman, whose fingernails are 16 inches long...

Can acupuncture really help you lose weight? We asked the experts

When it comes to weight loss , many feel that desperate times call for desperate measures. Case in point: Failure in the face of diet and...

7 healthy practices to protect yourself against Covid-19

The virus is there, but we have to find a way to live with it. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised Ghanaians to find...

Nine centres currently testing coronavirus cases in Ghana

Ghana currently has nine testing sites, which are helping speed up analysis of samples for COVID-19 cases, Dr Patrick Kuma-Abogye, Director General of Ghana...

Ghana’s coronavirus case count increases to 6,486; with 1,951 recoveries

Ghana has recorded 217 new cases of the novel coronavirus bringing the number of confirmed cases to 6,486. According to the website of the Ghana...

If you have dark skin around the pubic area, these 2 treatments work

The skin around the pubic area is very sensitive and is prone to hyperpigmentation so it tends to go darker than the rest of...

Coronavirus: 10 inmates in Tema test positive

Ten inmates in the Tema metropolis have tested positive to the COVID-19 disease. Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Edward Johnson Akrofi-Oyirifi,...

Coronavirus: 13 health personnel test positive in Eastern region

About 13 health personnel in the Eastern region have tested positive to Covid-19. It is not clear whether they were infected at health facilities or...

Hospital delivers 100 babies from Covid-19 mums

More than 100 healthy babies have been born to mothers infected with the novel coronavirus in one hospital in India's western city of Mumbai. Three...

Sleeping with your fan on could be seriously damaging to your health; what to do instead

The sun in shining, and temperatures in the UK have reached an impressive 28C this week - the perfect weather for a socially distanced picnic in the park. But...

Covid-19: Woman tests positive eight times

After testing positive for COVID-19 seven times, a Cambridge, Ont., woman was relieved to hear that her eighth test came back negative. “I cried because...

Police to isolate inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 for treatment

Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Akrofi Oyirifi Edward Johnson, says the police are in court to move a motion for nine inmates who have...

Day-to-day questions about living with coronavirus answered

​From sanitizing fruits and vegetables to medicine strips, day-to-day questions about living with coronavirus answered We all come across various pieces of information quite often...

Ghana has not received Madagascar’s Covid-19 ‘cure’ – Oppong-Nkrumah

Ghana has not received a herbal cure for Covid-19 developed in Madagascar, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has said. Rather, he explained that they have reached...