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Health

How long will coronavirus vaccines protect people?

CNN)Ian Haydon helped test Moderna's coronavirus vaccine last year. Now, he's helping test the tweaked version of that vaccine designed to fight a new, more contagious variant."A year ago I tried the Moderna vaccine to see if it was...

Assembly man organises free health screening for community members

Mr Churchill Oforikumah, Assembly member for Peki-Dzogbati in the South Dayi District has organised a free health screening exercise for members of the community. He said the exercise was aimed at improving the health conditions of the people so they...

‘Sweating while working out is not fat-burning’

GNA – Health professionals on the latest episode of Vodafone Healthline series have debunked the assertion that sweating while working out is fat-burning. Dr Kwekuma Yalley, a General Practitioner, explains that humans sweat when the body is regulating its temperature,...

Disregard negative theories about COVID-19 vaccine – NCCE

GNA – Mr Jeffery Adda, the Builsa North Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Upper East Region, has urged members of the public to disregard negative conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine. He said...

Avoiding stillbirths: Need to avoid malaria in pregnancy

GNA – Midwives at some health facilities in the Tamale and Sagnarigu Assemblies have advised women to report early for antenatal care (ANC) when they become pregnant, and be put on Sulphadoxine –Pyrimethamine (SP) to prevent malaria to protect...

Avoiding stillbirths: Need to avoid malaria in pregnancy

GNA – Midwives at some health facilities in the Tamale and Sagnarigu Assemblies have advised women to report early for antenatal care (ANC) when they become pregnant, and be put on Sulphadoxine –Pyrimethamine (SP) to prevent malaria to protect...

Ghana becomes first African country to receive COVAX vaccines

GNA - Ghana became the first African country to receive COVID-19 vaccines as 600,000 doses from the COVAX Facility arrived in the country on Wednesday. The COVAX Facility package represents part of the first batch of two billion vaccines to...

Malaria: COVID-19 increasing self-medication

GNA – Walking to drug stores or combing nearby bushes in search for medication for the treatment of malaria remains a preferred choice and a first aid approach in fighting the disease in many Ghanaian homes. The symptoms of the...

FDA approves herbal COVID-19 medicine

The Food and Drugs Authority in a press release dated 1st February 2021, stated the Authority has approved its first COVID-19 medicine. Cryptolepis sanguinolenta locally known as Nibima which was developed by the School of public health, KNUST has...
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Next NPP gov’t to establish Hall of Fame in all regions, Tourism Minister reveals.

If given another mandate at this year’s general election, the next New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will establish Creative...
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