A gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, with a price tag of £1.65m, is to be offered to patients on the NHS in England.

Uganda's ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported death.

The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included "high fever, chest pain and difficulty in breathing" and "bleeding from multiple body sites".

He died of multi-organ failure on Wednesday at Mulango National Hospital, located in the city's central business district.

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Coca-Cola has recalled its drinks in some countries across Europe because they contain "higher levels" of a chemical called chlorate.

The firm said in a statement that the recall was focused on Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. It added just five product lines had been shipped to Britain, and they had already been sold.

Affected products include the Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Tropico and Minute Maid brands, according to the Belgium branch of Coca-Cola's international bottling and distribution operation.

In the heart of a bustling marketplace in Accra, 48-year-old Kennedy Ampong sits quietly by his stall of ripe plantains, clutching a water bottle. 

The Executive Director of FibFA Fibroid Foundation Africa, Elizabeth Korasare, has called for investment to fund studies to explore uterine fibroids (UFs) to better understand their prevalence and risk factors in the country.

A Nutritionist with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Catherine Adu-Asare, has called on Ghanaians to eat healthy foods to avoid contracting non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which, she said, were difficult to address.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), foodborne diseases affect millions of people annually, leading to a wide range of health problems, from mild gastrointestinal discomfort to severe life-threatening conditions. 

Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any cases in the country.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan said at a press conference on Monday that health authorities had confirmed one case of Marburg in the north-western region of Kagera.

Five Hundred And Thirty-Four people at Ashanti-Kpoeta and other communities in the Kpoeta area in Ho West District of the Volta Region turned up at the Kpoeta CHPS compound for a free general medical consultation and health screening organised by the Ghana Military Academy, last Tuesday.

For the first time in over two decades, the United States has recorded homegrown malaria cases.

There is a risk too many people are being diagnosed as obese when "a more accurate" and "nuanced" definition is needed, a report from global experts says.

Doctors should consider the overall health of patients with excess fat, rather than just measuring their body mass index (BMI), it says.

Those with chronic illnesses caused by their weight should be diagnosed with "clinical obesity" - but those with no health problems should be diagnosed with "pre-clinical obesity".

Oral sex has now been identified as the leading cause of throat cancer, overtaking smoking, alcohol consumption, and poor diet, according to medical experts. 

The time of day you drink a cup of coffee may lower the risk of an early death, new research suggests.

The study found that people who drank coffee in the morning had a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and had a lower mortality risk than all-day coffee consumers - but the research could not prove whether coffee was the sole cause.

An increase in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections in China has received widespread media coverage, but leading scientists and public health experts say there isn’t yet a cause for alarm.

Chinese health authorities last month reported a rise in children aged 14 and under testing positive for HMPV as part of a broader update on the respiratory virus season.

Photos and videos posted on social media in recent days show crowded hospitals in China, sparking concerns over the virus spreading to other countries and causing a Covid-like outbreak.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ghanaian-Diaspora Nursing Alliance (G-DNA) and the internationally-based Primary Source Verification (PSV) company, DataFlow Group, to register Ghanaian nurses abroad who wish to return to the country to work as nurses or lecturers. 

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says there are currently no outstanding claims as it has disbursed GH¢270 million to healthcare providers across the country to cover claims submitted and vetted up to October 2024 and part of November 2024.

Members of the Ghanaian-Diaspora Nursing Alliance (G-DNA) and the Ghana Health Service have resolved to collaborate on finding workable solutions to prevent trained nurses from leaving Ghana after their training.

America's top doctor has called for risk warnings on alcoholic beverages, similar to the labels on cigarettes, following new research that links the drinks to seven types of cancer.

The cholera outbreak in some parts of Ghana has claimed 37 lives as of December 26, 2024, with confirmed cases rising from 346 to 359.