Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with critical disease and one for non-severe cases.    The first drug,...

Kitgum District Health department is targeting to vaccinate more than 40,000 children aged below five years during the first phase of the polio vaccination exercise on Friday.  The Acting District...

More than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single seven-day period, the World Health Organization...

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health Diana Atwine has been given a last chance to appear in court and testify in a case in which two people are...

The Parliament’s Health Committee is demanding accountability for the Covid-19 vaccine funds allocated to the National Medical Stores-NMS in the last two financial years. NMS officials led by Apollo Newton...

Residents of Nabaale sub-county in Naggalama town council in Mukono district are up in arms against the foul stench from Drake Lubega’s farm. The most affected are residents of Wabikokoma,...

A U.S. man with terminal heart disease was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, and three days later the patient is doing well, his doctors...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against describing the Omicron variant as mild, saying it is killing people across the world. Recent studies suggest that Omicron is less likely...

The Inspectorate of Government is yet to identify the officer who authorized two COVID-19 surveillance trucks from the Health Ministry to transport private building materials from Kampala to Kegewa District....

Bus operators have deployed more buses upcountry in response to the increased demand ahead of the school reopening on Monday. Schools are expected to resume on January 10th, 2022 following...