infection

International

British Scientists In World-First TB Breakthrough

British scientists have made a world-first breakthrough in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Researchers in Oxford and...

Top Stories

Africa Makes Progress In Water Delivery

Africa can be proud of many remarkable achievements in recent decades. Giving 427 million more people access to...

Top Stories

KATH Advocates ‘one-Baby, One-Cot’ As Two More Perish In 24 Hours

An Infectious Diseases specialist at the Pediatric Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has urged the public to...

Top Stories

Here Is What Your Farts Reveal About Your Health

Flatulence is the stuff of comedy for people young and old, and it’s not something often discussed in polite company....

Top Stories

Zika Virus In Canadian Patients ‘more Severe’ Than Expected

The impact of the Zika virus on infected Canadian travellers was “more severe” than expected, say researchers. A...

Headlines

Birth Defects Jump Twentyfold In Zika-Hit Mothers

Pregnant women infected with the Zika virus last year were 20 times more likely to bear children with birth defects...

International

World’s Most Threatening Superbugs Ranked In New List

The World Health Organization has drawn up a list of the drug-resistant bacteria that pose the biggest threat to human...

Top Stories

Woman Cries Foul; Claims Infection At 37 Military Hospital Killed Her Baby

A woman who lost her newly born baby Tuesday due to what she claimed to be infection at the Neonatal Intensive Care...

Top Stories

Neonatal Unit of 37 Military Hospital Shutdown For 5 Days

The neonatal unit of the 37 military hospital has been closed down for the next 5 days for a routine fumigation...

Entertainment

7 Horrifying Things That Can Happen When You Kiss

For the same reasons you wouldn’t share a fork with a stranger or, say, lick an ATM, inserting your tongue into...

Top Stories

Vitamin D Pills ‘could Stop Colds Or Flu’

Vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from colds or flu in the UK each year, researchers...

International

Leptospirosis Kills One and Strikes Two Others In New York

One person has died and two others have been stricken by an outbreak of leptospirosis - a rare bacterial infection...

Top Stories

The ?ockroach In Woman’s Skull

The doctors have helped the woman to avoid the death in India. It is well-known that the brain is one of the most...

Top Stories

Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

Top Stories

Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

Headlines

Disease ‘superspreaders’ Fueled the Ebola Epidemic

Disease 'superspreaders' fueled the spread of the devastating Ebola epidemic in 2014, a new study claims. The West...

Top Stories

Pregnant Women Carrying Dead Foetus Indentified

Pregnant women carrying dead foetus have been identified in the Eastern region. The medical condition known as...

Top Stories

Top 8 Foods You Need To Stay Healthy

We have carefully selected eight, out of the very many foods that boost immune system of the human body. Read through...

Top Stories

Meningitis Claims 5 Lives In Upper West

Five people have died as a result of meningitis in the Upper West region, since the beginning of 2017. It is not yet...