Antibiotic supply gone from bad to worse, say pharmacists
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePharmacists say supplies of key antibiotics to treat strep A have “gone from bad to worse” in the past week. Read More
'You clapped for us, now act for us': Biggest ever NHS strikes begin with up to 100k nurses braving -5C picket lines outside ailing hospitals
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUp to 100,000 nurses are taking to picket lines on the first day of the biggest ever nurses strike. Read More
Live longer: Nearly 70% of people who age 'successfully' have six factors in common
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOptimal ageing is a complex blend of high cognitive and physical functioning and social components. Read More
Grant Wahl's cause of death made public after World Cup journalist's tragedy in Qatar
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrant Wahl died after suffering an aortic aneurysm while covering the World Cup in Qatar, his wife has confirmed. Read More
Pupils struggling after Covid lockdown are being mistaken as having special needs, Ofsted warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePupils who have fallen behind due to lockdown are being misdiagnosed with having special educational needs,the schools watchdog has warned. Read More
Know your HIV status before getting pregnant – AIDS Commission
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr. Kyeremeh Atuahene, has advised women who wish to get pregnant, to first check their…
Africa: Hypertension, Diabetes, Stroke - They Kill More People Than Infectious Diseases and Should Get a Global Fund
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNoncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for 41 million deaths each year. Read More
TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEffective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been available for the past 60 years. But TB remains the leading cause of death Read More
‘Failure to take medication responsible for HIV/AIDS deaths in Nigeria’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu, has said failure to take medication…
On HIV/AIDS and sex work: ‘Na Ashawo dey reign…purr!’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this rejoinder, I make a case for sex workers and the sex trade industry and advocate for its legalization and regulation…