Malawi finds Africa’s first wild polio case in five years
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMalawi has declared a wild polio outbreak after a case was identified in a three-year-old girl – the first of its kind…
More proof pollution damages sperm: Men living in areas with most toxic air have swimmers of poorer quality, study claims
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMen living in heavily polluted cities have weaker sperm, according to yet another study. Read More
Organ transplant breakthrough sees scientists successfully convert lungs to become 'universal' and work in ANY patient regardless of their blood type
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists have moved one step closer to creating ‘neutral’ organs that can be transplanted into any patient — regardless of their blood…
Nigeria: 2 Million Nigerians Still Living With HIV/Aids - USAID
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Director, HIV and TB (HAT) office, US Agency for International Development (USAID), US Embassy, Abuja, Rachel Goldstein, has said that about…
Why women aren’t taking HIV prevention drug PrEP, even though it saves lives
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePrEP has revolutionised HIV prevention for gay men – but women have been left behind. Read More
Europe's dark cloud of Covid FINALLY starts to lift: France reopens nightclubs, Netherlands will lift final restrictions next week and Germany plans 'Freedom Day' for mid-March
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEurope is slowly emerging from a brutal winter of draconian Covid restrictions as hospital pressures on the continent ease despite record infection…
Want to keep your memories in old age? Exercise three times a week in your 50s and 60s, scientists say
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteKeeping active in your 50s and 60s may be key to staving off memory loss, a study suggests. Read More
Testing uncovers high prevalence of active syphilis among people with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTesting uncovered a high prevalence of active syphilis among HIV-positive people in four African countries, Read More
Young Women Prefer Vaginal Ring as HIV Prevention
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen given the option, adolescent girls and young women in Africa overwhelmingly opted to use either a drug-eluting vaginal ring or oral…
Six African countries to establish mRNA vaccine production: WHO
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorld Health Organization Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Thursday announced that Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia Read More