Health
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Shisha is no different from cigarette, stay away – FDA
Mrs Olivia Agyekumwaa Boateng, Head of the Tobacco and Substances of Abuse Department of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says the use of shisha is not an alternative for cigarette and called on th…
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Hungary donates 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Ghana
The Hungarian Government has donated 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines valued at 1.4 million Euros to Ghana. Briefing the Ghana News Agency in Accra, on Wednesday, Mr Tamás Endre Fehér, the Ambas…
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California fertility clinic sued for mixing up embryos
A couple sued a California fertility clinic for switching their embryo with another couple’s during in vitro fertilization treatment, resulting in each couple giving birth to and raising the other’s …
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We don’t charge for emergency, we only collect money for fuel – Ambulance Service
The Ghana Ambulance Service has denied charging patients fees before providing them services under emergency situations. Its Director of Operations, Forster Ansong, said his outfit charges patients o…
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Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
A trial of Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing seve…
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Ghana to deploy drones for medicine deliveries to older people – Oppong Nkrumah
Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disclosed that drones will soon be used to deliver medicine to Ghanaians in their homes. According to him, aged Ghanaians will no longer have to wor…
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Health officials set to deploy coronavirus vaccine to every doorstep in the Western Region
Western Region Deputy Director of Public Health Dr. Gifty Amugi has disclosed that only 2 percent out of an eligible population of some 1,468,319 people in the region have received their second dose …
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We are yet to license anyone to cultivate cannabis in Ghana – Narcotics Control Commission
The general public has been warned against the cultivation of narcotic plants or the establishment of narcotics business to since no entity or individual has been granted any license to operate.. Thi…
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English regulators to consider use of e-cigarettes by health service
Health regulators in England have paved the way for e-cigarettes to be prescribed by doctors for the first time in any country to help people stop smoking tobacco, Britain’s health ministry said on F…
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Oral sex a contributor to throat cancer – Otolaryngologist warns
An otolaryngologist, Dr. Kenneth Baidoo has stated in an interview on the GTV Breakfast Show that the younger generation are more susceptible to throat cancer as a result of indulging in oral sex. Or…