influenza
Everything You Should Know As Outbreak HIts Ghana
The medical terms may have been ambiguous for the layman but the Influenza H1N1 said to have led to the demise of...
Our Children Didn’t Die From Swine Flu
Some parents who “mysteriously” lost their wards at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) are contesting...
Govt To Pay For Funeral of KUMACA Swine Flu Victims
Government says it would bear the funeral expenses of four students of Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) who...
Transport of Pigs To Be Banned After Swine Flu Outbreak
The Veterinary Services Department intends to ban the transfer of pigs following reports of an outbreak of Swine flu in...
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...
Culls, Poultry Transport Ban As S. Korea Fights Bird Flu Outbreak
South Korea has imposed a temporary nationwide ban on poultry transportation as it struggles to contain a fresh...
Risk of Heart Attack Spikes After Flu, Pneumonia
Coming down with the flu, bronchitis or pneumonia can dramatically raise the risk of a heart attack -- up to 17-fold --...
Poultry In England Allowed Outside As Anti-Bird Flu Measures Relaxed
All poultry in England will be allowed outside again from Thursday, having been kept indoors to protect them from an...
Japan Culls 280,000 More Birds For Avian Flu
Japan deployed hundreds of soldiers to help cull more than 280,000 chickens on Friday, officials said as they try to...
UN Urges China To Act As Bird Flu Deaths Spike
The UN's food agency on Friday urged China to step up efforts to contain and eliminate a strain of bird flu which has...
Bill Gates Warns the World To Prep For Bio-Terrorism
Bill Gates says it’s time to redirect some of the money the world spends on weapons to prepare for a looming threat:...
Bird-Flu Deaths Rise In China, Shutting Poultry Markets
China is experiencing its deadliest outbreak of the H7N9 bird-flu strain since it first appeared in humans in 2013,...
Harmattan Is As Deadly As Ebola
Accra, Dec. 30, GNA - According to the American English Language Dictionary: Fourth Edition. 2000, harmattan may have...
Netherlands Culls 190,000 Ducks
About 190,000 ducks have been culled in the Netherlands as the authorities try to prevent the spread of bird flu across...
Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week
August 1-7 is the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), a week set aside to draw attention to the importance and benefits of...
Confirmed – Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Niger
Niger has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus among poultry. The disease, which continues...
Another Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Tema
Health authorities in the Tema Metropolis have confirmed the outbreak of birdflu in the area. At least 24,000 birds are...
Africa Has Lowest Tobacco Use in Pregnant Women
A study published in the September edition of the Lancet Global Health Journal shows that the Africa Region, has the...
152 New Cases of Ebola Recorded in Two Days – World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said between 12 and 13 August, a total of 152 new cases of Ebola Virus...