infectious disease
Tuberculosis Outbreak Looms As Bacteria Grow Drug-Resistant
Ghana faces imminent Tuberculosis outbreak as the country is recording increasing numbers of emerging transmission of...
Venezuela Sees Sharp Rise In Infant and Maternal Mortality
There has been a sharp rise in infant mortality and maternal death rates in Venezuela. In the first figures released...
Wild Dolphins Are Sicker Than Captive Ones
Wild dolphins are exposed to more pollutants than their captive counterparts, which could explain why they face higher...
MPs Voice Concern Over Growing Meningitis Death Rate
Parliament on Thursday underlined urgent and pragmatic measures for effective check on Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM)...
Parliament Expresses Concern Over Outbreak of CSM
Parliament on Thursday underlined urgent and pragmatic measures for effective check on Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM)...
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...
Disease ‘superspreaders’ Fueled the Ebola Epidemic
Disease 'superspreaders' fueled the spread of the devastating Ebola epidemic in 2014, a new study claims. The West...
Small Percentage of People Spread Most Ebola Cases
Most of the people infected with Ebola in the West Africa epidemic that began in 2014 got sick through contact with a...
Fighting Waste and Corruption Starts At Presidency
The many campaign promises by all the major parties notwithstanding, the 2016 elections were fought principally over...
Start Rooting Out Corruption From Presidency– IMANI
A policy think tank, IMANI Ghana has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to demonstrate his government’s...
Fighting Waste and Corruption Starts At the Presidency
The many campaign promises by all the major parties notwithstanding, the 2016 elections were fought principally over...
Africa Has Highest Rate of High Blood Pressure, WHO Says
Africa has the highest rate of high blood pressure in the world, affecting about 46% of adults, a World Health...
Elephants Almost Never Get Cancer
"Anti-aging medicine is not about stretching out the last years of life. It's about stretching out the middle years of...
Ebola in Saudi Arabia. One Death Recorded
A Saudi man suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus after recently returning from Sierra Leone passed away at...