22 Jul 2021
India is investigating its first documented human death from bird flu after an 11-year-old boy succumbed to the disease earlier this month, the health ministry said. The boy lived in Gurgaon outside New Delhi and was also suffering from leukaemia and pneumonia. He was admitted to hospital in the capital on July 2 and died…
1 Aug 2021
There are hundreds of skin conditions that affect humans. The most common skin conditions can have some symptoms that are similar. Often, these skin conditions are signs of other health problems. A few of these skin growths here or there are normal, but many skin tags that begin popping up could be signs of underlying…
12 Aug 2021
On one of Naomi Otua’s regular trips to visit her grandson James in the town of Assin Fosu in Ghana’s Central Region, she noticed something was seriously wrong. The 10-year-old’s eyes were jaundiced and he had lost a significant amount of weight. Worried, Otua decided to take James to the Suhum Government Hospital. James was…
14 Aug 2021
Drastic measures to prevent coronavirus spread, and heightened focus by health systems on response, led to disruptions in other essential health services on the continent. Cancer screening and treatment, including for childhood cancers, were hit especially hard. ‘Truly heartbreaking’ A WHO survey found screening was affected in 46 per cent of countries, while 13 per cent reported a more…
16 Aug 2021
Nearly 30,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have died from cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO). NEW YORK, USA, 16 August 2021-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Drastic measures to prevent coronavirus spread, and heightened focus by health systems on response, led to disruptions in other essential health…
1 Sep 2021
The UK's health minister said on Wednesday that the government will offer a third vaccine jab to half a million people with severely weakened immune systems.
