Health

Covid-19: Mass testing for students, workers of AIS after 40 students test positive

Mass testing of all students and workers of the Akosombo International School continue as forty-two students test positive for Coronavirus. In an interview with JoyNews,...

Driver shot in the head as robbers attack ambulance transporting pregnant woman

The driver of an ambulance with registration number GV 644-20 has been shot in the head after he was attacked by highway robbers at...

Good news for nurses and midwives

Nurses, their assistants and midwives can now renew their PIN/AIN via a new online payment system.This was announced by the Nursing and Midwifery Council...

New Covid-19 variant is in Western Region – Dr Gbene

The Western Regional Director of the Veterinary Service, Dr Simon Gbene, has confirmed the existence of the new Covid-19 variant in the Western Region. He...

Hydrogen peroxide not approved by FDA as Covid-19 treatment – GMA

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says the Food and Drugs Authority, the Ghana Health Service, Health Ministry, the World Health Organisation or any...

Otchere-Darko’s reaction to ban on funerals causes laughter

New Patriotic Party Stalwart, Gabby Otchere- Darko, has got social media users laughing with his reaction to the ban on funerals. According to Mr Otchere-Darko,...

Smoking weed affects your v*gina, s3x – Claims Dr Julie Holland

As a female, smoking weed can affect your vagina, thus playing a huge role in the quality of sex you have. According to research, smoking...

Coronavirus: Nine deaths recorded, active cases now 777

Ghana has recorded 777 new coronavirus cases. This brings the country’s active case count to 5,786. Additionally, nine new deaths have also been recorded pushing...

Shatta Wale causes stir with Covid-19 test results

Ghanaian musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has shared his covid-19 test results online. The results, though negative, got fans and...

Ghana listed for 2.4m doses of Covid-19 vaccine by this date…

There is hope in Ghana’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. Since President Nana Akufo-Addo’s announcement of steps to secure a vaccine, the first substantial...

Coronavirus: ‘Let’s bury used nose masks’

An Environmental Health Analyst at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Florence Kuukyi, has bemoaned the indiscriminate disposal of used nose masks in the country and...

Coronavirus: 8-month-old baby tests positive at Tamale Teaching Hospital

An eight-month-old baby has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region. Also, a one-year-old baby has tested positive in...

Covid-19: GHS states position on hydrogen peroxide

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed reservations about the suitability of hydrogen peroxide in the fight against coronavirus. According to the Director-General of the...

15-year-old pregnant girl contracts HIV and Syphilis

A 15-year-old girl is three months pregnant, HIV positive and also being treated for Syphilis after her mother forced her into prostitution. The...

Health tips for people in their 40s [Read]

Good day colleagues, As people in our forties, I would like to share a few medical tips to help us age gracefully and be able to...

Covid-19: Ridge ICU running out of oxygen

The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, is running out of oxygen.  This is as a result of the...

Quick steps for free COVID-19 testing

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has outlined procedures for the free COVID-19 testing for all Ghanaians. The eight-step practice is to identify...

UK’s COVID-19 variants spreading faster in Ghana – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the new Covid-19 variants from the United Kingdom (UK) are spreading faster and widely among the Ghanaian population,...

Joy News’ Israel Laryea shares Covid-19 experience

Multimedia journalist, Israel Laryea, has shared his experience after contracting COVID-19. According to the veteran broadcaster, "this was after a colleague named me as a...

Ghana’s active Covid-19 cases rise again with 424 deaths

The country’s active Covid-19 cases have surged to 5,515 as of Tuesday, February 2, 2021, the Ghana Health Service has announced. Ghana’s Covid-19 total case count...

Covid-19 infected bodies mixed with other dead bodies – Mortuary Workers Association [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Covid-19 infected bodies mixed with other dead bodies – Mortuary Workers Association The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has shockingly revealed that...

The Rebecca Foundation donates hospital beds to Korle- Bu, Ridge and 37 Military hospitals

The Rebecca Foundation has donated hospital beds to the Korle-Bu Teaching, Ridge and the 37 Military Hospitals to help increase the capacity of these...

Mortuary workers make shocking revelation about coronavirus deaths

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has questioned the statistics on Covid-19 casualties the government has been reporting. The mortuary attendants disclosed that the...

Coronavirus: KNUST researchers get approval to try herbal treatment

Researchers from the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have received approval to commence clinical trials of...

Two arrested for manufacturing fake coronavirus concoctions

Two persons have been arrested by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in collaboration with the police, for manufacturing concoctions they claim could cure...

Covid-19: Ladies may demand ‘negative’ results as precondition for accepting men’s proposals – Female MP

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has advised that people put on their masks to save their relationships. According to her, women may...

Covid-19 Treatment: FDA approves first herbal medicine for clinical trial

Researchers from the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been given the approval to commence...

Covid-19: Seven Ghanaian doctors killed so far – GMA

Covid-19 has killed seven members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) so far since it broke in the country, the association has updated. Five of...

4 big myths about coronavirus variants people need to stop believing

Over the past month, news of new SARS-CoV-2 variants has emerged from around the globe: first in the United Kingdom, then South Africa and...

Vaccine: Ghana to receive first covid-19 consignment by this date…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that the first consignment of coronavirus vaccines will arrive in Ghana by March 2021. The President disclosed this in his...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 23rd address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening.I came into your homes, on 17th January, to give an account of our COVID-19 situation – a situation which, per...

GMA sends strong message to govt over social gatherings

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has threatened to embark on strike if the government does not ban public gatherings amid a spike in covid-19...

Zoomlion’s free community disinfection campaign: Nsawam Prison benefits [Photos]

The surge in covid-19 cases in the country has necessitated the disinfection of major prisons in the country by Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The disinfection, which...

South African variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Ghana

The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has said a South African new variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Ghana. The outfit has explained...

Akufo-Addo orders for review of Covid-19 testing fee at KIA to $50

President Nana Akufo-Addo has ordered for a reduction in the price of covid-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Health officials and the company...

COVID-19 cases surging at workplaces – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has cautioned that the outbreak of the COVID-19 at workplaces is increasing at a worrying rate. It has, therefore, appealed...

5 foods that fight wrinkles and premature ageing

A radiant and beautiful skin is dependent on an abundant supply of essential nutrients. When you improve your diet, you can vastly improve the...

KATH to probe surging paediatric Covid-19 cases as 11-day-old baby is infected

The alarming rate of paediatric Covid-19 cases at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has compelled authorities to conduct further investigations into the trend. The hospital...

COVID-19 protocols: Over 1,000 arrested, 70 jailed – Police

The Ghana Police Service has disclosed that some 1,584 persons have been arrested in the country for failing to adhere to Covid-19 safety protocols. Director...

How Coronavirus turns the body against itself

The coronavirus can warp the body’s defenses in many ways — disarming the body’s early warning systems, for example, or causing immune cells to...