health

Reading Time: < 1 minute A year on from the Covid crisis being declared a global pandemic and the world now faces a new challenge: a global…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The COVID-19 vaccine is in high demand, with sign-up sites oversaturated and “vaccine hunters” eager to snag a dose.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Gambo Aliyu has said that young women living in Nigeria…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from WHO and partners.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Social media is awash with reports that Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli is admitted to a Kenyan Hospital.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Almost 11,000 people could be living with undiagnosed breast cancer because of the pandemic, a charity has warned. Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The world’s most expensive drug costing up to £1.8million per dose has been licensed for use on the NHS.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Consuming a chemical found in sesame seeds can reduce the risk of Parkinson’s by preventing neuronal damage that decreases dopamine Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute The world is facing a growing sand shortage, though, with less than 1,000 sand and gravel mines across the US, experts warn….

Reading Time: < 1 minute A retinal implant with more than 10,000 electrodes has been developed which could give blind people a form of vision.  Read More