Equatorial Guinea confirms Marburg outbreak – 9 dead, 4,000 in quarantine
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEquatorial Guinea has confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg disease, a virus which is closely related to Ebola and can kill up…
Five major myths about HIV/AIDS
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver the years, myths about HIV/AIDS have discouraged people from getting tested. Read More
At Valentine, NACA advises Nigerians to screen for HIV status
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs the world marks Valentine’s Day, Director-General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Gambo Aliyu, has urged Nigerians,…
Healthcare staff shortage main factor in near-record job vacancies
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJob vacancies in the UK have reached a near-record level, due largely to the shortage of nurses, carers and other healthcare staff. …
Patients in England not collecting NHS prescriptions because of cost
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRising numbers of patients in England are failing to collect their medicines or asking pharmacists which ones they can “do without” because they…
Coventry mum's comfort to hear from those with son's organs
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe family of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash say they have received thank you letters from those whose lives were…
One in 10 US girls say they’ve been raped, shocking CDC figures reveal
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs many as one in 10 teenage girls in the US have said that they have been raped, according to a report from…
Lockdowns left Britain addicted to healthcare
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe are often told that our ageing, sickly population is the cause of increasing pressure on the NHS. Read More
Mocked, misdiagnosed and disregarded: how medicine still lets women down
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWomen: your pelvic parts have been branded by men. There, you’ll find the names of long-dead male anatomists – like Gabriel Falloppio…
Ashford 'fight': Fundraiser set up to get schoolgirl ‘immediate treatment for mental trauma’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn online GoFundMe fundraiser for the child attacked outside her school has been set by a charity chief executive to enable the…