HEALTH

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the incentive packages for health workers by additional three months. He says over the next three months – July, August and September – health workers will not pay income taxes. Also, he said front…
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Ho Municipal Environmental Health Officer, Aaron Amedzro, is appealing to the government to resource Coronavirus burial teams for “effective” and safe internment of victims of the pandemic. He said the support given to the burial teams…
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The United States recorded an all-time daily high of 40,000 coronavirus infections on Thursday, figures from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) show. A recent surge in infections and hospitalisations has prompted the states of Texas, Florida,…
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Of the many challenges the COVID-19 pandemic Of the many challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has created in the healthcare system, the National Blood Service has got its fair share: the blood bank is in dire need of life-saving blood.…
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A director of the Ghana Institute of Languages and a lecturer at the University of Ghana, Emmanuel Kuto has taken to facebook to narrate his unfortunate experience with officials at the Ridge Hospital In Accra. According to his…
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Ghana's case count in respect to the coronavirus pandemic has increased to 15,013 with 3,840 active cases.  This was captured on the Ghana Health Service’s website on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Meanwhile, the 171 persons who contracted…
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana has commenced its year-long 50th-anniversary celebration. Celebrating 50 years of regulatory excellence, the Council will climax the celebration with a thanksgiving service in March 2021. The…
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The Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching hospital, Dr. Daniel Asare has tested positive for COVID-19. According to sources, the CEO has been out of office for the past 10 days as a result. In his stead, the Medical…
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Ghana has recorded ten new COVID-19 deaths. This has pushed the country’s death toll to 95. This was announced by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye. He made the announcement on Tuesday,…
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We’re all social distancing right now. And that begs the question: how do you have sex in the era of COVID-19 self-isolation? Is it even safe to have sex during the pandemic? First, the facts. COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel…
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