Health
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WHO set to decide if monkeypox represents health emergency
The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee on Thursday next week to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern. That is…
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Taking high doses of Vitamin C supplements can cause kidney stones – Doctor warns
Urologist and General Surgeon, Dr. Evans Akpakli, has revealed that taking high doses of Vitamin C supplements can contribute to the formation of stones in the kidney, urethra, or bladder. According …
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Govt owes Korle-Bu ¢5 million in COVID treatment – Management
The Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra says the government is owing to the facility a whopping GH¢5 million in COVID-19 expenditure. Speaking to GHOne News, the Chief Executive Off…
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NSS announces postings of 10,975 nurses, midwives
The National Service Secretariat has announced the postings of some 10,975 nurses and midwives to undertake their mandatory national service for the year, 2022/2023. The NSS in a statement issued on …
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Allow newborns breathe before cutting umbilical cord – Midwife
Senior Midwifery Officer at the Tema Health Centre, Ruby Naa Ago Larbi Mensah Ansah-Tagoe has explained that newborn babies are stimulated to breathe before the umbilical cord is cut. Educating Newbo…
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Health authorities on high alert as Ghana records 5 cases of monkeypox
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed the first monkeypox virus infections in Ghana. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on June 8, the Director-General of the GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, …
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Cancer treatment records breakthrough as U.S. drug trial records ‘100% success’
For the first time, a small clinical trial in the United States showed 100% eradication of the cancer disease in patients at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. Although the tria…
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Britain says 71 more monkeypox cases identified in England
There have been 71 additional cases of monkeypox identified in England, the UK Health Security Agency said on Monday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the United Kingdom as a whole since…
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Unlikely monkeypox outbreak will lead to pandemic – WHO says
The World Health Organization does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside Africa will lead to a pandemic, an official said on Monday, adding it remains unclear if infected people who are not disp…
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Nigeria CDC has confirmed 21 monkeypox cases this year
Nigeria has confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year with one death reported, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said late on Sunday. Monkeypox, a usually mild viral inf…