‘From bad to worse’: drought puts Kenya’s hospitals under pressure
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe morning rounds at Modogashe hospital in Lagdera do not take long. Read More
Government-run awards event turns into disaster as 11 die and hundreds hospitalised with heatstroke in India
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA massive, open air award function attended by thousands in western India led to the deaths of 11 people from heatstroke and hospitalisation of…
Fungal outbreak tied to Michigan paper mill leaves at least one dead, 12 hospitalised
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least one person has died and 96 others have fallen sick with a fungal infection linked to a Michigan paper mill, local…
More than half of patients have had appointments cancelled as a result of NHS strikes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 50 per cent of patients have had their appointments cancelled as a result of NHS strikes, according to a survey by…
Gareth Thomas: ‘I will be a voice for people with HIV. I won’t be derailed’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGareth Thomas isn’t sure where to start. Or, rather, if he should even try to. Read More
Nigeria’s unhealthy health institutions
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nigerian health sector has always been faced with multiple challenges ranging from poor funding to inadequacy of skilled workers owing to…
28 Nigerian women die from cervical cancer daily — Expert
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteProfessor Adegboyega Fawole of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ilorin, on Friday, revealed that no fewer than 28 Nigerian…
How dodgy Turkish clinics are preying on British women with promise of free Botox if they buy cut-price 'mummy makeovers'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Turkish hospital is offering Brits free Botox in an attempt lure them to get budget ‘mummy makeovers’ in what campaigners say is…
Safe housing denied to 10,000 women in England fleeing domestic abuse
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 10,000 women escaping domestic abuse across England were refused safe housing last year, amid warnings that many could be left…
Dogs and cats ‘passing on antibiotic-resistant superbugs to owners’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDogs and cats are passing antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” to their owners, a new study suggests. Read More