The drive to beat HIV for good is doomed to failure if it continues to ignore women
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy mum gave birth to me in 1981, the same year as the first cases of what would come to be as…
Sickle cell disease: New treatment could help 5000 people
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new sickle-cell treatment has been approved and will help keep lots of people who suffer from the disease stay out of…
Almost half of toys sold via onlinemarketplaces are unsafe for children, report finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly half of the toys being sold on online marketplaces by third-party sellers are dangerously unsafe for children, the British Toy and Hobby Association…
Daily consumption of red meat drops by 17% in a decade, study says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteConsumers in the UK are eating around 17g less red meat on a daily basis than they were a decade ago, according…
Sweden pauses use of Moderna’s Covid jab for over 30s over reports of rare side effects
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSweden will pause the use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for people born 1991 and later after reports of possible rare side effects such as myocarditis, Read…
Clot risk linked to AstraZeneca vaccine could depend on which blood group you are
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA rare blood clot which has been linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine could be explained by a person’s blood group, a study suggests….
Is Ivermectin "Bogus" or a "Miracle Drug"?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAndrew Hill knows first-hand what it’s like to bring a breakthrough drug to fruition. Read More
Report: 95,000 deaths caused annually by firewood smoke in Nigeria
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFollowing a report that an estimated 95,000 deaths are caused annually by smoke from the traditional use of firewood, Minister of Environment…
Food and Drugs Authority warn Ghanaians against use of glutathione for skin bleaching
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFood and Drugs Authority (FDA) for Ghana warn de public against de use of glutathione injections for skin lightening. Read More
Northwell Health fired 1,400 employees for not getting Covid vaccine
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew York’s largest health provider says it has fired thousands of employees for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine ahead of the state’s…