The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has stated that taking the necessary steps, to vigorously fight malaria will have positive implications for human development and business and economic growth...
A number of media houses and product owners, who are alleged to have flouted the country’s law on public health through the advertisement of drugs they claim to cure or prevent some manageable...
The Kumasi Academy is to be closed down indefinitely after three days to allow health officials conduct a thorough environment assessment with the view to identifying the root cause of the mysterious...
Thirty-five people have died in the past year from measles outbreaks across Europe, the World Health Organization has warned. It described the deaths – which can be prevented with vaccination –...
Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much...
Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much...
Mr Raymond Kweku Appiah-Kubi, an executive member of the Gomoa-Pomadze Town Development Committee has urged Ghanaians to maintain sound environmental hygiene all the time to avoid diseases. He said...
Dr Seidu Barikisu, Northern Regional Focal Person for Malaria has disclosed that malaria cases have reduced from 41.2 per cent to 25.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year. He said malaria case...
Delegates at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Assembly have requested for the development of a five-year global strategic blueprint for public health preparedness and response to epidemic...
About one in 10 women in the United States who were infected with Zika virus while pregnant had a fetus or baby with deformities last year, US government scientists said Tuesday. The study released...
Africa can be proud of many remarkable achievements in recent decades. Giving 427 million more people access to improved drinking water since 1990 – an average of 47,000 people every day across...
The UN's food agency on Friday urged China to step up efforts to contain and eliminate a strain of bird flu which has killed scores of people this year. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
Health experts fear a random outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil could affect millions if it isn't contained. The entire state of Espirito Santo is now considered at risk for transmission of the...
The impact of the Zika virus on infected Canadian travellers was “more severe” than expected, say researchers. A new study looked at Canadians returning from trips to Zika-affected regions who...
Pregnant women infected with the Zika virus last year were 20 times more likely to bear children with birth defects than those who gave birth prior to the epidemic, US health officials said Thursday....
Bill Gates says it’s time to redirect some of the money the world spends on weapons to prepare for a looming threat: terrorists with pathogens. He’s warning that the threat of bio-terrorism is...
For the same reasons you wouldn’t share a fork with a stranger or, say, lick an ATM, inserting your tongue into someone else’s mouth can set your body up for disaster. Here’s how: 1. IT CAN...
Disease 'superspreaders' fueled the spread of the devastating Ebola epidemic in 2014, a new study claims. The West African Ebola epidemic was the largest in history and killed more than 11,300...
The UK's chief veterinary officer said there is no need to panic as food safety is not at risk Britain on Friday announced the discovery of a highly contagious strain of bird flu at a turkey farm,...
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2016 reveals that children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa have greater access to effective malaria control. The report indicates...
