The writer is a senior Environmental ConsultantOn March 3, 2026, as the world observes World Wildlife Day under the theme “Medicinal and ...

Founder and CEO of leading agribusiness firm, Agri-Impact Group, Dr. (h.c) Daniel Fahene Acquaye, has been appointed Board Chairman of the CSIR–Crops Research Institute (CRI). He was officially ...

A GNA feature by Benjamin Akoto, GNA Sunyani (Bono), Feb. 21, GNA – Strengthening agricultural research, commercialization and institutional performance is prerequisite to advancing the nation’s ...

National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has unveiled the alternative development project, which will serve as a substitution project for the growers of illicit cannabis. The chairman of the NDLEA, ...

In an era of social media-driven wellness trends, herbal detox teas have emerged as a billion-dollar industry promising to cleanse the body and jumpstart health. However, medical experts are now ...

In the late 1960s, at the height of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese government was facing a serious crisis. It was losing more soldiers to malaria than to the war itself. Chloroquine, the antimalarial ...

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi ?mura for their discoveries ...

Researchers from the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center have shared encouraging early results from a new clinical trial testing a unique coffee-based product as a possible maintenance therapy ...

Wormwood is a bitter herb and an ingredient in the alcoholic drink absinthe. It may have antimicrobial properties, relieve pain, stimulate digestion, and more. However, it contains thujone, a toxic ...

As the world desperately searches for weapons to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of people are turning to an herbal remedy: Artemisia annua. The sweet wormwood plant supplies a key ...

In 2016, malaria killed an estimated 445,000 people, 90% of them in Africa. That’s one death every 71 seconds, caused by a disease that is both preventable and treatable. Although that death toll has ...