Statistics from the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate show that tuberculosis (TB) infection is on the decline in the region. A total of 2,241 cases, were reported last year, compared with the year...
British scientists have made a world-first breakthrough in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Researchers in Oxford and Birmingham say they can isolate different strains of the disease using a process...
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...
An Infectious Diseases specialist at the Pediatric Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has urged the public to help de-congest the Maternity Ward where a newborn baby shares a cot with seven...
Flatulence is the stuff of comedy for people young and old, and it’s not something often discussed in polite company. However, it is something that we all do once in a while. In fact, your farts...
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....
The World Health Organization has drawn up a list of the drug-resistant bacteria that pose the biggest threat to human health. Top of the list are gram-negative bugs, such as E. coli, which can cause...
A woman who lost her newly born baby Tuesday due to what she claimed to be infection at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the 37 Military Hospital in Accra has threatened to pursue the...
The neonatal unit of the 37 military hospital has been closed down for the next 5 days for a routine fumigation exercise. The unit would be reopened to the public on Monday, February 27. The...
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...
Vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from colds or flu in the UK each year, researchers claim. The sunshine vitamin is vital for healthy bones, but also has a role in the...
One person has died and two others have been stricken by an outbreak of leptospirosis - a rare bacterial infection commonly spread by rat urine. New York City health officials have identified the...
The doctors have helped the woman to avoid the death in India. It is well-known that the brain is one of the most important parts of the body. It is also responsible for many functions. If this main...
The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research suggests. The analysis, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of...
The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research suggests. The analysis, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of...
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...
Pregnant women carrying dead foetus have been identified in the Eastern region. The medical condition known as intrauterine fetal deaths, was recorded during a free mobile ultrasound scan project...
We have carefully selected eight, out of the very many foods that boost immune system of the human body. Read through for a better understanding of how to care for your immune system The benefits...
Five people have died as a result of meningitis in the Upper West region, since the beginning of 2017. It is not yet clear what type of the disease killed them. The cases were reported at the various...
