Health

E/R: NADMO trains staff in COVID-19 hotspot areas [Photos]

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service, has trained 143 staff of NADMO on COVID-19 in hotspot districts...

COVID-19: Commonwealth partners Joy FM in Stay Healthy Challenge

The Commonwealth Africa office has launched a pan Africa challenge to promote exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was launched on Joy FM’s Super Morning...

Govt reveals timeline for the commencement of 88 hospitals

The government has announced construction of hospitals in some 88 districts across the country will begin in two months. This is the first time a...

Can you get Vitamin D from food? Here is the truth

Are you getting enough Vitamin D from your diet? You need to get enough vitamins and fortified nutrients in your diet to stay healthy. Vitamin...

Top Ghanaian gospel musician to soon graduate as medical doctor

Gospel musician, Philipa Baafi, has hinted of her graduation anytime soon as a medical doctor after her long absence from the music scene. According to...

3 best (and 3 worst) foods to prevent colon infection

Here is how you can take care of yourself Most of our health concerns are a result of unhealthy eating habits and poor lifestyle choices....

Male contraceptive that blocks sperm from leaving the p*nis being developed

The yet to be named drug, being developed by researchers at the Monash University, said to be 100 percent effective, will likely be ready...

Visiting a hospital during COVID-19? Keep these things in mind

Visiting a hospital during COVID-19? Lockdown restrictions have started to ease up and slowly and gradually, a lot of daily activities are limping back to...

Ghana’s Parliament almost empty after Covid-19 report [Video]

Ghana's parliament house was almost empty on Wednesday following media reports of some two members and 13 staff testing positive to the novel coronavirus...

The Big Agenda: 2 NDC MPs ‘clash’ over Speaker’s Covid-19 threat

Two Minority Members of Parliament (MP), Asuogyaman MP, Thomas Ampem Nyarko and Kumbungu's Ras Mubarak, Tuesday evening, carried their disagreement over the powers of...

COVID-19: MP confirms positive cases in Parliament [Listen]

Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Mubarak Muntaka, has confirmed that the House has recorded positive cases of the deadly coronavirus. According to him, two Members...

Upper East residents happy over coronavirus recoveries

Out of the 26 recorded cases of COVID-19 in the Upper East Region, 20 have recovered and have been discharged from the treatment Centre...

Coronavirus vaccine status: Stages of COVID-19 vaccine development in India

8COVID-19 vaccine status in India explained The number of COVID-19 infection cases has breached the 1.40 lakh mark in India as of today (May 26)....

10 health benefits of coconuts

Coconut is making a huge comeback as the new miracle food. They are highly nutritious, rich in fiber, and packed with essential vitamins and...

Here are 5 natural ways to combat erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction (impotence) is the inability to get and keep an erection firm enough for sex. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a huge challenge for many...

7 easy ways to treat premature ejaculation naturally

Are you suffering from premature ejaculation? Here are five things you can do that will help Ejaculating before you or your partner wanted you to,...

2 more die of Covid-19 as Ghana’s case count crosses 7,000

Two more people have died of the novel coronavirus in Ghana according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This brings the total number of deaths...

Covid-19: 33 Ghanaians die in New York – Ambassador

Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America, Baffour Adjei Bawuah, has disclosed that 33 Ghanaians have died from the deadly novel Covid-19 in...

Companies to get tax reliefs over COVID-19 Trust Fund donation [Photos]

The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for COVID-19 National Trust Fund, Sophia Akuffo, has revealed that tax relief incentives will be offered to...

COVID-19: Parliament clears air on MPs, staff testing positive

Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has dismissed reports which seek to suggest some two Members of Parliament (MPs) and 13 parliamentary staff...

Centipede-like creatures invade Bia [Video]

Some residents in Bia West, Bia East and part of Juaboso districts have been griped with fear as strange centipede-like creatures invade their communities. These...

Coronavirus: Western region now hotspot [audio]

The Sekondi-Takoradi Municipal and Tarkwa in the Western region have been identified as new hotspots for the coronavirus pandemic. The Director-General of the Ghana Health...

Covid-19: 91 percent of people don’t show symptoms – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has delivered a presentation on the dynamics of the coronavirus in Ghana. Dr Badu Sarkodie of the GHS, speaking at...

Ghana’s coronavirus case count rises again with more recoveries

Ghana has recorded 156 new coronavirus cases, bringing the national tally to 6,964. This was announced by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr...

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...