Health in Africa
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn August, the World Health Organisation’s Monitoring Report on Universal Health Coverage in Africa revealed Read More
HIV: How 175 British children were infected with disease
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least 175 children with the blood disorder haemophilia were infected with HIV in the 1980s, Read More
Gene therapy brings hope to people with sickle cell, HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGene and cell-based treatment is promising solutions for the control and cure of some chronic and life-threatening diseases Read More
Sickle cell disease: black donors urged to give blood as demand from patients soars
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe NHS is facing a shortage of blood amid soaring demand from sickle cell disease patients Read More
Black and minority ethnic people in UK twice as likely to be in ‘deep poverty’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBlack and minority ethnic people in the UK are more than twice as likely as white people to experience “deep poverty” Read…
Soot particles present in the organs of unborn babies, research shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAir pollution particles can get into the organs of foetuses as they develop in the womb, Read More
More STI testing needed, says sexual health charity
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSexually transmitted infections are down compared to pre-pandemic levels – Read More
WHO raises death toll from Ebola outbreak in Uganda to 29, with 63 cases now reported
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Read More
‘Swarm’ of new Covid subvariants could drive wave across Europe and the US by end of November, expert warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA “swarm” of new Covid subvariants could drive a fresh wave across Europe and North America Read More
HC-One: The Elms residents 'not safe' at four-inquest care home
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA care home that will close after admitting “shortcomings in care” and failures in leadership Read More