Health

Pharmacist, GHS clash over Ghana’s coronavirus curve

Pharmacist and a fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana has countered the claim that the country had reached its peak of coronavirus...

READ: Correct procedure for wearing nose mask

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has urged the public to wear nose masks when going out, especially where social distancing is difficult to be...

Covid-19: Western North case count jumps from 4 to 50

The Western North Regional Co-ordinating Council has issued strict directives to its people as covid-19 cases jumped from 4 to 50 within few days. The...

Afia Schwarzenegger reminds ‘hypocritical’ movie stars of another ailing colleague [video]

Ghanaian comedian, Afia Schwarzenegger, has told movie stars in the country to go help Emmanuel Armah, another ailing colleague of theirs.   Her call on...

Why not test COVID-19 vaccine on senior govt officials first? – Social justice advocate quizzes

Social justice advocate, Martha Wangari Karua, has come out to strongly oppose the testing of the coronavirus vaccines on Kenyans. On Saturday, the Kenyan politician, who...

How your weight determines your fertility level

The science of getting pregnant and having healthy babies is such a complex process that those who get pregnant and bear live healthy babies...

6 exercises that can help burn more calories in less time

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the entire country to a standstill and we do not have any other option than to stay at home....

Covid-19: Ghana to start daily testing May 7

Ghana will from Thursday, May 7, begin daily testing for the COVID-19 virus to pave the way for daily updates. So far, Ghana had conducted...

Ghana has reached peak of Covid-19 infection curve – GHS

Data on Ghana’s rate of Covid-19 infections shows the country’s case count has peaked, a top official of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has...

Mental patients shouldn’t be left out in Ghana’s Covid-19 fight – Dr Akwasi Osei warns (Video)

In every 10 people walking on the street in Ghana, one is a mental patient. Dr Akwasi Osei, the Head of Mental Health Authority, who...

Coronavirus: 453 positive persons in isolation centres

Four hundred and fifty-three persons who have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) but are asymptomatic are in isolation centres across the country. The Director-General of...

Coronavirus: 12 patients in Northern region recover

Health authorities in the Northern region say 12 out of 16 Covid-19 patients who are being treated have made full recovery. Regional Health Director, Dr...

BCG vaccine trial begins on SA health workers

A trial is under way in South Africa to test if the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis is also effective against coronavirus - something unproven...

Lady born with HIV shares unseen childhood photo of herself

A lady, who has been living with HIV since she was eight, has shared a childhood photo of herself to motivate as many people...

Royal House Chapel benefits from Zoomlion’s free disinfection exercise

Royal House Chapel International, Ahenfie, has benefited from Zoomlion Ghana Limited’s free disinfection exercise. The gesture – which is being conducted by the waste management...

How a Ghanaian tech company is tracking coronavirus symptoms and hotspots

Africa has more than 30,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to the World Health Organisation (WhO). And while these numbers are relatively small compared...

Coronavirus: Gold Fields Ghana staff, wife test positive

Goldfields Ghana has confirmed first Covid-19 case at its Tarkwa mine in the Western region. In a statement copied to Adomonline.com, the company said it...

Coronavirus: Check out backlog of samples situation at Noguchi, KCCR

Head of Virology Department of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, has said there are no backlog of samples...

Covid-19: Health Minister has message for those who want to voluntarily contract virus [Audio]

If anyone of us would want to contract the disease and want to die voluntarily, so be it but the rest of us don't...

Midwives Association drops shocker on why pregnant women have frequent nightmares

The National Association of Midwives, Ghana has made jaw-opening revelation on why pregnant women experience frequent nightmares. According to one of its executive members, Rosseta...

Coronavirus: Noguchi hints of daily updates on test results[audio]

Head of Virology at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Prof William Ampofo, has said they have cleared all backlogs of testing for...

Covid-19: Minister narrates bizarre fate that befell contact-tracers in Jamestown [Audio]

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has lifted the lid off the challenges faced by contact-tracers, working to identify persons who may have come into contact...

Coronavirus: I’m exposed – Health Minister reveals [audio]

Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has revealed he is exposed to the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) than people can imagine. He explained that he, together with...

WHO warns against untested coronavirus cures

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged people not to put their faith in local untested remedies for coronavirus. The advice comes at a time...

Coronavirus: Check out how Korle Bu doctors jubilated after 100% recoveries[video]

Medical doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital who treated coronavirus (COVID-19) patients expressed their joy at their recovery in a very unique way. All the...

Korle Bu records 100% COVID-19 recoveries

The COVID-19 treatment centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has successfully treated and discharged all seven patients who were on admission, a statement...

World Asthma Day: Know about the different kinds of asthma

Asthma is a chronic medical condition that affects the airways making it difficult to breathe. The air passage narrows and swells, leading to wheezing,...

President orders probe into test kits after goat, pawpaw test positive

Tanzanian president, John Magufuli, has ordered a probe on the country’s coronavirus testing kits after samples taken from a goat and pawpaw tested positive. Speaking...

From a mother-of-two to a bikini athlete and fitness trainer, this woman’s weight loss journey is inspirational!

We are surely living in difficult times and many of us don’t have the motivation to workout or exercise as we stay cooped up...

Breakthrough as scientists discover microbe that completely prevents malaria infection

Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria. The team in Kenya and the United Kingdom say the finding...

COVID-19: Mother who tested positive discovers she’s pregnant with twins

A woman recently received the surprise of her life after waking up from an induced coma. She was put into an induced coma after...

Why coronavirus hit some places and left others [read]

The coronavirus has killed so many people in Iran that the country has resorted to mass burials, but in neighboring Iraq, the body count is fewer...

Coronavirus: Accra leads with over 2000 cases

Ghana has now recorded 2,719 coronavirus cases, the Ghana Health Service has confirmed. The Greater Accra region has recorded 480 new Covid-19 cases bringing the...

Coronavirus: All patients at Korle-Bu recover

All seven Covid-19 patients being attended to at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have been treated and discharged. According to Chief executive Officer of the country’s...

Coronavirus: Nurse dies 2 years to her retirement

A mother-of-three nurse has died of coronavirus just two years before retirement after spending nearly 40 years on the job. Indian-born Philomina Cherian, 63, died...

Covid-19: Kobi Hemaa supports communities in Accra with ‘Pad for All’ project

Celebrated media personality, entrepreneur, staunch Made-in-Ghana product campaigner and Public Relations practitioner, Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan-Bekoe, on May 1, 2020, reached out to three communities...

Ghana Medical Association endorses construction of 94 new hospitals, describes plan as fair

The Ghana Medical Association says it is in full support of a decision by President Nana Akufo-Addo, to construct new hospitals in all districts...

Coronavirus: 88% of confirmed cases have ‘no clear travel history’

Eighty-eight per cent of the 2,169 confirmed COVID-19 patients have “no clear travel history”, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Only 12 per cent...

Covid-19 scare hits Tanzania’s Parliament after 3 MPs died ‘mysteriously’

Tanzania’s parliament has been hit by a covid-19 scare after three parliamentarians died of unknown causes in the past 11 days. On Friday, Augustine Mahiga, 74, Tanzania’s...

Nigeria accepts to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trial

Nigeria has accepted to be part of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) solidarity trial of vaccines for coronavirus. So far, more than 100 countries have joined...