Tagged as: health and medicine

mRNA Vaccine

Covid-19 : mRNA Vaccine and the Future of Vaccinology

Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) is a vaccine that helps the body fight infections mostly caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and other microbes. Lately, the vaccine works by carrying killed or sterile pathogens to induce the formation of antibodies by the body’s dependent cells against infections. However, scientists have discovered another

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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BREAST CANCER?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, claiming numerous lives each year. In Ghana, statistics from World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), GLOBOCAN has identified breast cancer as the second leading cause of cancer deaths among

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e-Health Startups

In 2020, the African technology start-up sector had a record-breaking year of funding. 397 startups raised over US $700m in capital, a growth of 42.7% in total funding. These numbers represent impressive growth from 2019, even with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt have

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