Lassa Fever Kills One Person In Accra
One person has been confirmed dead in Accra from Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic illness. Director of Ghana Health Service, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, confirmed this to 3FM’s Sarah Parku...
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GHS Dispels Lassa Fever Outbreak Scare
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has allayed the fears of the public on the outbreak of Lassa fever, saying its alert was to create the needed awareness so that precautionary measures would be strictly...
Illegal Mining and Kidney Failure
Medical personnel at the Central Regional hospital have observed that there is an obvious link between illegal mining and kidney failure. This disclosure was made by the hospital authorities after...
10 Amazing Reasons You Must Not Miss It Any Day!
Whether taken wholesome or juiced, carrot health benefits can never be overemphasized! A lot of people have come to understand the health benefits of making fruits and vegetables an indispensable...
How Green Tea Helps You Lose Weight Easily
Latest: NPP And NDC Pendulum Soon To Crush On Ghanaians The use of green tea for weight loss, as well as countless other medical conditions, has been a practice for thousands of years,...
Health Ministry Issues Alert On ‘strange Disease’
Ghana’s Health Ministry has issued a health alert following a “strange disease” that has claimed eleven lives in West African country, Liberia. According to the Ministry, it had received...
Surgeon Removes 30 Inches Of Man’s Constipated Colon
A team of surgeons in China have beat the odds to remove 30 inches of large intestines from a 22-year old man suffering from Hirschsprung disease – a rare condition which caused severe constipation...
Did Unpaid Salaries Kill the Deputy Speaker’s Aide?
“No health issues, phenomenal athlete, came to work every day — just as healthy as can be,” said a colleague at the office of the Deputy Speaker. Contrary to reports in the media, money played...
Soldier, Woman Die From Drinking ‘Mahogany Bitters’
Two persons — a woman and a soldier — have died after allegedly consuming an alcoholic drink popularly called ‘Mahogany Bitters’ at a drinking bar at the Myohaung Barracks at Apremdo in the...
‘Tragic’ Measles Vaccine Blunders Kill 15 Children In South Sudan
Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly refrigerated, and were mixed using the same syringe for four days. In addition to the...
DR Congo Authorises Trial of Experimental Ebola Vaccine
The Democratic Republic of Congo has approved using an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak of the virus in the northeast, the government said Monday. "The DRC accepts the use of vaccines...
Cannabis Extract Cuts Seizures For Epilepsy Patients
The first large-scale clinical trial of a cannabis derivative known as cannabidiol shows it was able to cut the frequency of severe epileptic seizures by 39 percent, researchers said Wednesday....
CDC Warns of Parasitic Infection, Toxic Gas
he CDC received word of 32 outbreaks linked to swimming pools or water playgrounds in the US Beware of contaminated pool water: Outbreaks of a parasitic diarrhea-causing infection linked to pools and...
WHO Eyes Vaccine Trial For Ebola-Hit DR Congo
An unlicenced Ebola vaccine could soon be tested in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo hit by an outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organization said Thursday. There is no...
India’s Pampered Pets Lap Up New Treatments
Acupuncture, blood filtration, kidney cleanses. No treatment is too much for the furry friends of Delhi's well-heeled residents, who splash out at five-star veterinary clinics to keep their pets...
Emergency In Sanaa As Cholera Kills Scores
A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of people. Hospitals in the city, which is controlled by Houthi rebels, are crowded...
High Incidence of Tramadol Abuse In Upper West Region
It has now been established that drug abuse is on the ascendancy in the Upper West Region among all ages. And one particular drug that has been identified as a leading drug in terms of abuse is...
Sushi Lovers Warned of Parasites Danger In Raw Fish
Sushi lovers are being warned of the dangers of ingesting parasites from raw and undercooked fish. Doctors writing in British Medical Journal Case Reports said sushi's growing popularity in the West...
US To Run Out of Yellow Fever Vaccine Later This Year
The United States will run out of vaccine for yellow fever by mid-2017, and travelers may find it hard to get vaccinated until next year, US health officials said Friday. The French pharmaceutical...
Fear Grips Liberians As Mystery Disease Claims 9 Lives
A mysterious disease has killed nine people in Liberia, leading the health authorities to issue guidelines to citizens on what to do as they investigate the illness. The BBC reports that the Chief...