Health

The daily number of Covid-19 cases has hit a new record in China, authorities said on Thursday as they work to stem the spread of the virus through mass testing and travel restrictions. “China recorded 31,444 cases on Wednesday, of which 27,517 are asymptomatic,” the national health bureau said. The …

Britain and South Africa on Wednesday announced a new health and science partnership to mark the second day of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state visit to London. On Wednesday, Britain announced a new set of research collaborations as Ramaphosa toured the Crick Institute, the biggest biomedical research facility in Europe, and …

A 16-year-old girl has died while in labour at a native nurse’s house at New Ebu in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region, Ghana. The grandmother of the deceased sent her to a native nurse in the community for delivery and in the process, she bled profusely …

A report by the National Observatory of Maternal, Neonatal and Infant Deaths (Odomni 2021) published on the occasion of the commemoration of World Prematurity Day indicates that the Republic of Congo records a rate of 16.3% of premature children. According to scientists and health workers, a premature birth occurs before …

“There is no perfect vagina, ladies had to avoid the use of deodorants on their vaginas as it could caused health complications so there no need to force it to smell good to please men,” a health influencer at Madina Polyclinic cautioned. It is believed that most women enhance their …

A spokesperson for the presidency in the Central African Republic has denied that President Faustin-Archange Touadéra was evacuated to Rwanda on Sunday for medical treatment after “a serious fall”. CAR and international media widely circulated the news after a pro-opposition website claimed Mr Touadéra was injured in a “serious fall” …

An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined so far, the country’s health minister said on Sunday. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly …

Several residents of Mukono District in central Uganda have accused religious leaders, traditional healers and witchdoctors of spreading wrong information about Ebola Virus Disease which has so far 135 people and killed 53 in the country, Dailymonitor reported. According to local leaders, religious leaders, witchdoctors and traditional healers in the …

A new species of mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, from Asia, is spreading dramatically in several African countries, posing a potential threat to tens of millions of Africans. Present in Djibouti for several years, Anopheles stephensi is spreading further in Africa, representing a real threat to more than 126 million people living …

Everyone has a favorite kissing story, a favorite movie kiss, a kiss they wish had never happened, and a kiss they long for so much they can almost taste it. Who doesn’t love a great kiss? In short, every kiss is a cause for celebration. Just imagine that study found …