One of the main opponents to the DCE nominee of Ayensuano in the Eastern region has allegedly died of food poisoning, family sources have told Starr News. The deceased, Emmanuel Koranteng, popularly Known as Otega, was a polling station executive of the NPP during the 2016 elections. The late Koranteng was scheduled to organize a … Read more
The Ghana Health Services (GHS) has reminded all Regional Directors of Health Services across the country of the likelihood of cholera outbreaks as the rains set in in May and June. The GHS, in a letter to the directors, said the degree of flooding whenever it rains, coupled with the risk factors for cholera, increase … Read more
Mr Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, the Behavioural Change Communication Specialist of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has observed that there is a remarkable reduction in malaria cases in terms of prevalence rate. He said Ghana, which was now in a hyper transmission area had a major decline in malaria cases and deaths with a significant reduction … Read more
Scientists have used a smartphone to control the activity of the living cells inside an animal. The fusion of biology and technology was used to control blood sugar levels in mice with diabetes. The idea, described in Science Translational Medicine, could be applied to a wide range of diseases and drug treatments. And the Chinese … Read more
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 giant Sanofi Pasteur makes the vaccine known as YF-VAX, which will be unavailable from mid-2017 to mid-2018 due to a production problem. … Read more
Liberia said Friday that samples from people struck down by a mystery illness are being tested abroad after 11 unexplained deaths, though Ebola has been ruled out. The unidentified illness has affected 19 people in Greenville, southeastern Liberia, who began showing symptoms on April 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed. Eleven people died in … Read more
Pretty Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim has disclosed the most risky place she has had sex. The actress revealed in an interview with Trybes TV that the riskiest place she has had sex is at the beach, a thing she sees as normal. She hinted that she does not have a favourite sex position or anything … Read more
Severe bleeding after childbirth is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide A cheap drug has been shown to stop women bleeding to death, in a discovery that should change practice around the world, say researchers. Every year, 100,000 women die from massive bleeding in the moments after giving birth. But an international study, in … Read more
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a serious and growing problem. Previously linked with obesity, a new study also connects it to maternal obesity – meaning that what your mother ate during pregnancy may affect your future liver health. Your liver’s health may depend on what your mother ate during pregnancy. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) … Read more
One-Test All Black James Broadhurst announced his retirement from rugby on Friday, saying he had been unable to shake off the impacts of concussion. The 29-year-old has not played since suffering two head knocks representing Taranaki in August 2015, revealing he still suffers symptoms that affect his daily life more than 18 months later. Broadhurst … Read more
Arkansas was set to execute another inmate on Thursday, the last in a series of lethal injections that the state has squeezed into a compressed timeline, even as the daughter of one of his victims appealed for clemency. A plan by the conservative southern state to execute eight prisoners in 11 days — before its … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the re-constituted 19-member governing board of the Ghana AIDS Commission, with a charge on the members to use their resourcefulness to mobilise the requisite resources for the prosecution of the commission’s “ambitious” five-year national HIV and AIDS strategic plan. The President observed that financial support from friends of … Read more
Health ministry spokesperson Sorbor George said that efforts to resuscitate those who died unfortunately failed, the BBC’s Jonathan Paye-Layleh reports. Mr George added that five others, showing similar symptoms of adbominal or stomach pains, have been admitted to hospital for treatment. State radio has described the illness the victims died of as a “strange disease”. … Read more
The Asokore-Mampong Municipality has been recording poor immunization coverage – ranked the lowest nationwide. In year 2014, it achieved 26 percent coverage, rising to 64.3 percent the following year, and hit 76.7 percent in 2016. Mr. Christopher Dapaah, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health, said a combination of factors – … Read more
The nine deaths happened in a short space of time in Sinoe county. The Liberian authorities have ruled out Ebola as the cause of the deaths of nine people from a mystery illness in the south-east of the country (see earlier story). Liberia’s chief medical officer Dr Francis Kateh told the BBC’s Focus on Africa … Read more
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 Medical Officer confirmed the deaths and added that another eight persons were in isolation. The authorities are conducting tests into blood samples … Read more
A global charity Wednesday launched a free condom store in India to try to reduce new cases of HIV/AIDS in a country with the world’s third highest number. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) said the initiative was the first of its kind. It said organisations and individuals could place orders by phone or email to … Read more
The accused in the grips of police for engaging in the distribution of strange meters to customers Officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana in the Ashanti Region have arrested a lotto agent at Kronom in Kumasi for engaging in the distribution of strange meters to customers. The officials also impounded 25 CIEMENS meters when … Read more
Bad water and hygiene have led to an epidemic of hepatitis E that has killed 25 people over several months in a refugee camp in Diffa, a region in southeast Niger, Medecins sans frontieres said Wednesday. “The current hepatitis E epidemic is closely linked to a lack of water, hygiene infrastructure and sanitation,” said MSF … Read more
The deputy Minister of Health Tina Mensah has assured that process are far advanced to get the aggrieved bonded nurses picketing at the health Ministry posted. Nonetheless, she said they would have to be a bit patient as the Ministry is in talks with the Finance Ministry to get the necessary clearance for that. “We … Read more