The Minister of State for Education, Suwaiba Ahmed, and the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Maria Mahmoud, have urged Nigerians to embrace regular cancer screening and early detection. They warned that the disease does not discriminate based on age or social status. A statement on Sunday by the Medicaid Cancer Foundation, Abuja,
JoyNews Impact Maker Awardee Haven of Love Children’s Foundation (HOL) has screened 400 women for breast and cervical cancer during a two-day free health outreach in Zebilla in the Upper East Region. The Foundation also singled out Linda Atibera, a midwife at Zebilla Town Clinic, for her contribution to the planning and coordination of the exercise.
Pope Leo, who had part of a lung removed last month, will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
Ghana has been urged to establish a sustainable, nationally funded newborn screening programme for sickle cell disease (SCD), building on three decades of progress in early detection and treatment. The call was made by Professor Isaac Odame, Haematology Section Head at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada, and Director of the Global Sickle Cell Disease Network, during the inaugural Prof. Ohene-Frempong Memorial Lecture at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) on October 29.
A space capsule 300 miles above us is growing the tiny crystals of a potential cancer drug in microgravity Roughly 300 miles above our heads, three washing machine-sized capsules are orbiting the Earth. The spacecraft belong to California-based Varda Space Industries.
Cross River behind Tinubu, Otu — Betta Edu. Former minister Betta Edu says Cross River State is 100% behind President Bola Tinubu’s re-election and Governor Bassey Otu’s second-term bid in 2027.
In Ghana, delays in accessing treatment remain a concern, with a 2025 study of patients referred for breast biopsies in the Oti and Volta regions documenting substantial gaps in treatment initiation. This makes hormone therapy and HER2-targeted treatment unsuitable, leaving chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy and, in some cases, immunotherapy among the treatment options.