Health

Coronavirus: 60 health workers at Savelugu Hospital test positive

Some 60 health workers at the Savelugu Hospital in the Northern Region have tested positive for Covid-19. This follows mass testing of staff of the...

Covid-19: We all need to be vaccinated – Agyeman-Manu

The Minister of Health-Designate, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has asked Ghanaians to be ready for the coronavirus vaccination in March this year. “We all need to be...

Coronavirus: Govt officials will publicly take doses of vaccines

The Information Minister-designate has noted that government officials will publicly take doses of the Covid-19 vaccines before the mass vaccination exercise. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah explained...

Ebola not recorded in Ghana – GHS

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has confirmed that no case of Ebola has been recorded in...

Coronavirus: Amanfro Polyclinic to get isolation centre

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro, Matthew Sylvester Tetteh, is set to cut the sod for the building of an isolation...

Africa reaches 100,000 known COVID-19 deaths as danger grows

Africa has surpassed 100,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 as the continent praised for its early response to the pandemic now struggles with a dangerous...

Health workers threaten to boycott COVID-19 burials

Workers at the Environmental Health Unit of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly have threatened to boycott the burial of persons who have died of...

Aphrodisiac patronage high among youth

Abdul Sadique, a pharmacy assistant, has said the youth from 18 to 40 years are using Aphrodisiacs for sexual activities. Mr Sadique said aphrodisiac usage...

Woman with two private parts and two wombs reveals her condition after her menses

A young woman, who has two vaginas, has decided to raise awareness of the rare condition to help other teenagers. Andreea, who doesn't wish to...

Origo Health launches world-class health experience

Origo Health, a digital healthcare provider based in Ghana has launched a premium health care service to transform how patients and health care providers...

Yagaba Kubori MP commissions two health facilities in constituency [Photos]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Yagaba-Kubori and minister-designate for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, has commissioned two health facilities in the Mamprugu Moagduri...

Absence of these elements make a health facility substandard – HeFRA boss

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), Dr Philip Bannor, has announced the minimum requirements for the establishment of hospitals...

Kumawu Polyclinic suspends some services after storm rips off roof [Photos]

Kumawu Government Polyclinic in the Sekyere Kumawu District has suspended surgeries and other services after a rainstorm ripped part of its roofing off. Speaking to...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 6 more deaths; active cases now 7,866

The upsurge of the novel coronavirus in Ghana has claimed six more lives bringing the death toll to 561. According to the Ghana Health Service...

Covid-19 kills 6 more as active cases surge

The upsurge of coronavirus in Ghana has claimed six more lives, bringing the death toll to 561. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), 702...

Complications from coronavirus are catastrophic – GMA

Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Titus Beyuo, has stated that the complications from COVID-19 after treatment are numerous, very...

KATH’s Maternity and Children’s Block to be pulled down

The multi-structure Maternity and Children’s Block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, stalled for 45 years, is to be pulled down for reconstruction after...

‘Vitamin C will not save you from catching Covid-19’

Contrary to popular belief that taking Vitamin C supplements will protect an individual from catching Covid-19, a new opinion suggests otherwise. It may rather shorten...

Covid-19 symptoms: Patient’s fingers turn black [Photos]

An 86-year-old woman who caught coronavirus was left with blackened gangrene-stricken fingers after Covid-19 caused severe clotting. The woman, who is from Italy, caught coronavirus...

Brouhaha over rumoured passing on of Ken Ofori-Atta settled

Finance Minister-Designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, has safely arrived in the United States (US) for his post-covid-19 review. This settles the wild rumours, widely published on social...

I was so big I couldn’t get CT Scan – Joe Jackson shares scary Covid-19 ordeal

The Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has shared a harrowing experience of having tested positive for the deadly...

UK: Vaccine programme moves to phase two

Letters are being sent to those aged over 65 and the clinically vulnerable to invite them to receive the first dose of their Covid-19...

5 amazing health benefits of moringa powder

When it comes to moringa benefits, there are almost too many to count. It is one of the most nutrient-rich plants in the world. Moringa...

Here’s why couples can have s3x a week after childbirth

Senior Physician Specialist, Dr Aba Folson, has debunked the assertion that ladies cannot have sexual intercourse after childbirth until the baby is six-months-old. According to...

Post-coronavirus: Ken Ofori-Atta flies to US

The Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, has flown to the United States of America (USA) for post-Covid-19 medical review. A statement from the Finance Ministry on...

Scientist develops innovative method to prepare banku, akple

“One day my wife travelled and I decided to prepare banku for myself, I suffered due to the process of kneading. “I saw that it was...

Sickle cell: Fertility Centre performs ‘miracle’ for couple

Thanks to a process known as preimplantation genetic testing, a couple with sickle cell traits on Thursday, February 4, 2021, at 4.29 p.m. welcomed...

Covid-19 deaths: 9-month-old baby, 4 others buried

The Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly on Friday, February 12, 2021, laid to rest a nine-month-old baby and four others who succumbed to Covid-19. The five...

Coronavirus: FDA, Cuba discuss production of vaccine

Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Delese Darko, has met with Pedro Luis Despaigne Gonzalez, the Cuban Ambassador to Ghana,...

COVID-19: 26 deaths recorded in Upper East Region

The Upper East Regional Health Directorate has so far recorded 26 Covid-19 related deaths in the region since the first case of the virus...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 12 new deaths

Twelve more persons have died from the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana pushing the death toll to 494. The country has also recorded 554 new...

Joe Wise sends strong warning to nurses

Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has fumed over the unprofessional conduct of some health workers towards patients seeking treatment at the various...

Adutwum clears air on reopening of schools amid covid-19 surge [Audio]

Education Minister-designate, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, is insisting schools will remain opened in spite of the surge of covid-19 cases recorded in some schools. The...

Nose mask prices on the increase in Tema

The demand for nose mask following the surge in Ghana's COVID-19 cases has forced traders to increase the prices of the protective gear. A tour...

Coronavirus: Omane Boamah warns govt over Covax vaccines

A former Communications Minister under the Mahama administration has cautioned the government against solely depending on the Gavi/WHO instituted Covax vaccines for fighting the...

Woman who glued her hair for one month, finally saved by Ghanaian doctor in USA [Video+Photos]

Tessica Brown, the woman whose hair has been Gorilla Glued for more than a month, finally has sweet relief. As we first reported, Tessica took...

Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong wades into re-closure of schools

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called for the re-closure of schools and churches following a rise in Covid-19 cases in...

Coronavirus: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system

Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school. This comes on the...

Ghana to receive COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March – Agyemang-Manu

Ghana is expected to take delivery of 350,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines by mid-March under the United Nations COVAX facility. The Health Minister-designate, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, made...

Agyeman-Manu calls for increase in NHIS premium [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Agyeman Manu calls for increase in NHIS premium Minister-Designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, wants levies and premiums on the National Health Insurance Scheme...