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World’s First Child Hand Transplant A ‘success’

The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed and dress himself, doctors...

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Ghana Reaches 90% Coverage of Vaccination For Three Diseases

The 2016 Immunization Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that Ghana has reached the Global...

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Promising Immunotherapy Helps Adults With Leukemia

A cancer treatment that genetically alters immune cells has shown success in 71 percent of adults with the most common...

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MOH Receives Digital Radiology X-Ray Equipment For TB Diagnoses

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday, received the first batch of ultra-modern digital radiology X-Ray equipment from...

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Australian Has Thumb Surgically Replaced With Toe

An Australian man whose thumb was severed in a cattle herding accident has had a big toe surgically removed and...

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ECG Privatization Might Create Redundancies

The Coalition of ECG Concession Arrangement (COSECA), is calling for further negotiations on government’s decision to...

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US Panel Urges Approval of Cutting-Edge Cancer Therapy

An advisory panel on Wednesday unanimously urged the US Food and Drug Administration to approve a cutting-edge cancer...

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Gov’t Pays $10m For Polio, Measles Vaccines

The Government of Ghana has transferred about $10 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the...

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Family of China’s Ailing Nobel Laureate Declines Artificial…

The family of China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo declined to let doctors put him on artificial...

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Polio, Measles Vaccine Shortage Hit Ghana

Nursing mothers in Ghana would have to wait until next week before having their babies vaccinated against Polio and...

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Measles ‘tragedy’ Kills 35 Across Europe

Thirty-five people have died in the past year from measles outbreaks across Europe, the World Health Organization has...

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8 Things That Could Help You Stop Snoring

Let’s get real: snoring’s not a great habit. It’s annoying, it doesn’t scream attractive and it can get in...

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Tuberculosis Outbreak Looms As Bacteria Grow Drug-Resistant

Ghana faces imminent Tuberculosis outbreak as the country is recording increasing numbers of emerging transmission of...

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US Govt Pleased With ECG ‘privatization’ Processes So Far – Ambassador

The US Government has told Citi Business News everything is on track for the private sector participation in the...

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MP To Organise Outreach Programme On Sickle Cell

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, in the Volta Region, Ms. Joycelyn Tetteh, has hinted that plans are...

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Painless Patch Could Replace Flu Jab

Vaccines delivered via a painless, throw-away patch could one day eliminate the need for needle-and-syringe flu...

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China Facing Largest Diabetes Epidemic In the World

China is facing the largest diabetes epidemic in the world with around 11 percent of its population suffering from the...

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Yemen Cholera Outbreak Shows Signs of Slowing

A cholera outbreak in Yemen, which has claimed 1,400 lives in two months, shows tentative signs of slowing as fatality...

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North Dayi MP To Organise Outreach On Sickle Cell

Ms Joycelyn Tetteh, Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, is gearing up for an outreach programme to educate her...