disease
26 Jan 2020
The virus affects the respiratory system by causing respiratory infections, it is said to be potentially lethal to the infected party and those around.
Currently, the World Health Organisation is working with the Chinese authority and global experts to learn more about this virus and how it affects people who have it and to know how they can be treated.
This short clip is to keep you informed and alert on all you need to know about the Coronavirus.
25 Apr 2019
Hundreds of thousands of children are to receive a groundbreaking vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease in three African countries. It's hoped the campaign will save many lives, but there are some drawbacks.
5 Mar 2019
Doctors have used a bone marrow transplant method to rid an HIV-positive patient of the virus that causes the deadly AIDS disease. While hailing the results, they cautioned that it is too early to say he has been cured.
2 Dec 2018
A jump in measles cases is worrying health experts as outbreaks ravage countries and regions that had eliminated the deadly disease. Conflict, poverty and misinformation about vaccines are threatening years of progress.
2 Dec 2018
Years of conflict in the Central African Republic mean most children there threatened with war, disease, and hunger and are in dire need of help, the UN children's agency said. And things are only getting worse.
2 Aug 2018
26m Nigerians live with hepatitis, disease that causes liver cancer, says Nigerian govt.
11 May 2017
Sulley Muntari says everyone needs to the fight racism which the Ghanaian describes as a disease.
5 Apr 2017
A team of scientists have discovered why malaria mosquitoes prefer to feed on blood from people infected with malaria, and their research could lead to new ways to fight the disease.