HEALTH

Entebbe Uganda: The MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit unveiled a state-of-the-art clinical research facility in Entebbe to support successful conduct of clinical studies that can make significant contributions to...

For several weeks, Hospital officials in different parts of Uganda reported that their facilities are overwhelmed with children presenting with severe flu, cough and mild fever which were not responding...

Experts in Scotland have developed groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology which is capable of accurately diagnosing COVID-19 in just a few minutes, much quicker than a PCR test. The research,...

The Government of Uganda has recommended security forces personnel, Health workers, teachers, journalists, market vendors and Boda-boda riders who completed their first course of vaccination, among priority groups selected for...

It’s a fact of life: everyone poops. How often we have bowel movements and what the stool looks like, however, varies a certain amount from person to person. This individuality,...

Uganda's main Opposition political party, National Unity Platform (NUP), expressed their solidarity with intern doctors who have for weeks maintained a nationwide sitdown strike protesting poor pay and an unfavourable...

The National Drug Authority (NDA) has directed all drugshops, pharmacies and general mechandize shops in Uganda to immediately stop stocking and sale of M-Magic Coffee -an instant coffee product marketed...

By Georgine Obwana A bullet released from a gun chamber rips through the body with devastating consequences especially when the target is the head. The effects of a gunshot are...

By Mary Asujo Uganda's Parliament has passed and adopted a motion urging government to provide free drugs to Ugandans suffering from non-communicable diseases including diabetes and high blood pressure -HBP....

The first batch of government procured Johnson & Johnson vaccines arrived in Uganda on October 7, 2021, the Ministry of Health announced. According to the ministry's Senior PRO Emmanuel Ainebyoona,...