The coronavirus is mutating — does it matter?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When COVID-19 spread around the globe this year, David Montefiori wondered how the deadly virus behind the pandemic might be changing Read…
Overcrowded, dense, dilapidated… the realities of containing COVID-19 in Mumbai’s informal settlements
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In late-August, India surpassed the three-million-mark of people infected by COVID-19. Maharashtra state Read More
BBC apologises for offensive headline 'linking' Africa's low COVID-19 death rate to poverty
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Reading Time: < 1 minute British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) published a story under a controversial headline “Coronavirus in Africa: Could poverty explain mystery of low death rate?”…
Are developing countries being protected from Covid-19 by POVERTY?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Poor countries may have greater protection against coronavirus because of their harsh living conditions, scientists have suggested. Read More
Analyzing skepticism of HIV self-tests among Kenyan truck drivers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Truck drivers in sub-Saharan Africa are especially vulnerable to infection with HIV due to contact with multiple sexual partners Read More
How Charlie Sheen lost $10m in blackmail plot which forced him to go public with HIV diagnosis
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Charlie Sheen was diagnosed with HIV in 2011 but managed to keep it a secret for four years while he was blackmailed…
South Africa: Provinces Include HIV, TB Screening At Covid-19 Sites
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Deputy President David Mabuza says provincial departments of health have started experimenting with combining Tubercolisis (TB) and COVID-19 screening Read More
Coronavirus: France closes schools due to COVID-19 as country records Europe's highest daily infection rate
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Twenty-two schools have been shut down in France and the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion due to coronavirus as cases…
Health Professionals Fret over HIV/AIDS Upsurge in Abia LG
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Health service providers in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State have expressed alarm over the rising cases of HIV/AIDS in the…
India sets world-record with 83,883 new Covid-19 infections
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Reading Time: < 1 minute India today announced a world-record of 83,883 new Covid-19 cases in one day. Read More