Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries an “emergency of international concern”. The WHO label a “public health emergency of international concern” is designed to sound an alarm...

Two cases of the deadly Marburg virus have been identified in Ghana, the first time the Ebola-like disease has been found in the West African nation, health authorities announced Sunday. Earlier in the month, blood samples...

By John Ikani The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the increasing rate of outbreaks of diseases that spread from animals to people. Analysis by the global health body indicates that there has been...

By Ebi Kesiena Tanzania has dispatched a team of doctors and health experts to investigate a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of three people. According to the government’s chief medical officer Aifello Sichalwe said...

By Ebi Kesiena Amidst power outage and lack of electricity or standby generator nurses and midwives have alternatively diverted to deliver pregnant women using torch lights from their mobile phones at various CHIP compounds. Over 5000...

By John Ikani Somalia Police have disclosed that citizens of the East African nation are steaming ants to get high (become intoxicated). Odorous house ants, whose scientific name is tapinoma sessile, are known to contain formic...