HEALTH

Frontline health workers in Uganda have been asked to adopt the double mask-up strategy while at work as an additional measure to contain the rising cases of coronavirus infection in...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandans living in villages to avoid "unnecessary travels" to Kampala, to stay away from the country’s capital for a while in order to avoid...

Uganda's ministry of Health has directed that all vaccines that have not been utilized at the districts will be withdrawn with effect from today 27th May 2021. According to Dr...

Uganda began a roll out of a second-dose inoculation for its citizens against COVID-19 starting today May 21, 2021, the ministry of Health said. This means that all residents in...

Intern doctors and graduate nurses in Uganda have announced a sit down strike effective 17th May 2021, demanding for a salary increment which they claim was approved two years ago....

By Mary Asujo On the streets or offices, we are witnessing women with different skin complexions. It’s not a surprise that cosmetics and beauty industry is currently one of the...

Uganda's Health Ministry is worried that infections and fatalities due to COVID-19 are likely to increase due to vaccine hesitancy in the population and more especially the frontline health workers....

A total of 168 people suffered rare blood clots after taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Britain, and 32 have died, the UK's medicines regulator said Thursday. The figures for...

The US, South Africa and European Union will temporarily stop the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 jab, after reports of rare blood clotting. It follows similar cases...

The ministry of health has disputed rumors that consumption of alcohol after one has taken a COVID-19 vaccine shot affects the vaccine's efficacy. Minister Aceng made the clarification during a...