Health

Sandra Ankobiah fumigates Mallam Atta Market

Ghanaian actress, Sandra Ankobiah and Women’s Institute, have fumigated the Mallam Attah Market in Accra ahead of the yuletide. The exercise, held on Sunday, December...

COVID-19 vaccination: Ashanti Region targets 500,000 by end December

In line with the declaration of December as COVID-19 Vaccination Month by the Ghana Health Service, the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate plans to vaccinate...

Man caught using fake arm to try to get vaccine certificate

A 50-year-old man tried to pass off a silicone arm as his own at a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in northern Italy, in an attempt to get a...

Set standard tariff regime- Premier Health CEO appeals to NHIA

Premier Health Insurance Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Percy Asare Ansah, has appealed to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), regulators of the health insurance...

Doctor fined for amputating wrong leg of patient

A surgeon has been fined after amputating the wrong leg of a patient earlier this year in Austria. The elderly patient's right leg was removed...

Covid-19: GHS records 8 more deaths

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says eight more lives have been lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Service made this known in its latest update...

Nursing Director charged with making fake COVID-19 vaccination cards

A nursing director in Columbia, South Carolina, was charged with making fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, according to federal authorities. Tammy McDonald, 53, allegedly made...

We oppose singling out African countries for Covid-19 travel bans – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has once again decried attempts to single out African countries for the imposition of travel bans as instruments of immigration control. In...

Covid-19: Airport protocols remain unchanged – Dacosta Aboagye

The Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Dacosta Aboagye, says airport protocols remain unchanged. He said surveillance at the...

What are the symptoms of Omicron?

The first cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have now been detected in the United Kingdom (UK). It was highlighted by scientists in...

A/R: HIV/AIDS infections to hit over 77,000 by end of 2021

HIV/AIDS cases in the Ashanti Region are estimated to hit 77,859 by the close of the year, Dr Thomas Agyarko Poku, the Regional Coordinator...

COVID-19: Noguchi detects 34 cases of Omicron variant

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has announced the detection of 34 imported cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 from some 120...

Flu? 4 home remedies to unblock the nose

A blocked, stuffy nose is a common indicator of flu, which can take a heavy toll on the body if left untreated. It used...

PharmAccess Foundation rallies key health sector players to improve digital health in Ghana

Ghana's Healthcare system is still significantly analog. Physical paper folders are still widespread in many health facilities in the country. It remains one of...

Police to inspect COVID-19 cards January

From January next year, the police will inspect the vaccination cards of all commercial drivers and motorbike riders to ensure that they have taken...

COVID-19: Contact tracing underway to detect new variant

JoyNews/AdomNews · Contact tracing underway to detect new Covid variant in communities – Virologist Lead Virologist at Noguchi Memorial Institute, Professor William Ampofo, says the...

Contracting AIDS is not a death sentence

Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians, particularly the youth, to get tested for HIV/AIDS. According to him, the virus is not the death...

COVID-19: 7,870 children receive Pfizer vaccine jab

At least 7,870 minors aged 15 and 17 have received their first jab of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines in the Greater Accra Region, as government...

Adorable twins bag first-class degrees from the same university

Nigerian lady Oluyale Juliet and her twin sister Kehinde graduated with first-class from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) on Friday, November 26. While the former...

Ghana detects Omicron covid-19 variant [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana detects omicron covid-19 variant Ghana has detected the Omicron variant of covid-19. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma...

Nigeria confirms two cases of new COVID variant

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, December 1, confirmed the first case of Omicron variant in Nigeria.NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa,...

5 reasons why some women have facial and body hair

Ever seen a woman with a chin full of hair and wondered why? Hirsutism is the condition that causes a woman to grow excessive facial...

World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say

The US scientists who created the first living robots say the life forms, known as xenobots, can now reproduce -- and in a way...

Yellow fever outbreak kills 40 in 8 regions

The Ghana Medical Association has announced that as of November 26, 2021, 40 persons had died as a result of a Yellow Fever outbreak...

COVID-19: GMA charges govt to secure more vaccines

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on the government to step up its efforts at securing more vaccines for Ghanaians to ensure their...

You’ll need us – Ambulance Service CEO’s message to armed robbers

The National Ambulance Service is worried about recent armed robbery attacks on the emergency service providers. Chief Executive Officer of the Service, Prof Ahmed Nuhu...

Govt told to tighten COVID-19 testing at KIA to avoid influx of Omicron variant

Director of the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Prof Gordon Awandare, has called for regular COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka...

Seven die after eating poisonous turtle meat

Seven people, including a three-year-old, have died on Tanzania's Pemba island after eating poisonous turtle meat. Three others are still in the hospital. The meat is...

4 side effects of being a virgin for too long [Read]

Many choose to be virgins until marriage or until some goal is achieved but little do they know there may be some side effects...

Increase in HIV infections in persons less than 25 years worrying – Commission

Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Kyeremeh Atuahene, has expressed concern about the rate at which young people between 15 and 24 years are...

COVID-19: Over 142,000 vaccines are being administered daily – GHS

Ghana’s daily vaccination rate has shot up to about 142,000. This is according to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick...

COVID-19: Omicron Variant not in Ghana – GHS

The Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has assured that Ghana has not recorded the Omicron variant of the...

COVID-19: Unvaccinated persons are 7 times more likely to die – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has stated that persons who are unvaccinated against Covid-19 are more susceptible to death if infected by the virus. According...

Govt to announce additional measures on COVID-19 response

The Government of Ghana will on Sunday 28th November 2021 announce additional measures as part of its COVID-19 response to control the risk of...

Traveller shares very strange method to sleep on flights

Travellers are going mad over a very strange method to getting some shut-eye on a flight. The item, called the Dream Strap, ties your head...

Two cases of new variant of Covid detected in UK

Two people in the United Kingdom (UK) have been found to be infected with the new Covid variant, Omicron, the health secretary has said. Sajid...

6% of Ghanaians have been fully vaccinated – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that 6% of the population has been fully vaccinated. Speaking on the Super Morning Show, on November 26,...

COVID-19: Health Minister laments vaccine politics

Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has lamented the style of politics adopted by some opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) and some...

Size matters? The truth about penis stretching

Penis stretching refers to using your hands or a device to increase the length or girth of your penis. Most people who consider penis enlargement...

Sperm- killers, here are 7 things that men need to watch out for

Sperm can be powerful little swimmers, that's for sure, however, they aren't very tough. All sorts of seemingly little things can throw them off...