Health

Snakebite envenoming is a potentially life-threatening disease that is caused by toxins in the bite of a venomous snake. At times, if they don’t treat it, it can cause permanent disability or even death in some cases. The good news is that the Ministry of Health has developed a national snakebite prevention and management strategy. This will help address snakebite ...

A study has revealed that about half the patients discharged from hospital from Covid-19 still suffer from at least one persistent symptom. To be specific, it is either the fatigue or the muscle weakness, for twelve more months. Even after they test negative after hospitalization, fatigue, and shortness of breath still affect ex-Covid patients. This is according to a new ...

Kampala City Council Authority(KCCA) has taken the lead in making sure teachers, support staff and learners are vaccinated. They rolled out a plan on how this is going to run before schools reopen. In his speech, while addressing the country about Covid, the president emphasized that the key to opening schools is to vaccinate more people. This exercise is for ...

In recent years, social media has subsequently become part of our day-to-day life. A study conducted in 2019 showed that on average, an adult Ugandan picks up their phone about 58 times in a single day. In addition, one spends roughly three of every 24 hours on their mobile devices. As for teenagers, the average time increases to seven hours ...

Blood clotting is necessary in our bodies as this stops the blood from uncontrolled flowing after a cut or injury; but it’s when blood clots are created when they’re not needed, that they can become life-threatening. A clot can slow or block normal blood flow, and even break loose and travel to an organ, which can cause a heart attack, ...