Young woman diagnosed with ‘suicide disease’ faces race against time
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A young woman diagnosed with ‘suicide disease’ aged 17 is facing a race against time as her family try to fund treatment…
Douala building: Shock as collapse kills 12 in Cameroon
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A building has collapsed in Cameroon’s biggest city, Douala, killing at least 12 people and injuring five others. Read More
Anthrax in Nigeria: All you need to know about the disease
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nigeria reported its first anthrax outbreak on Monday, July 17 a few weeks after the federal government warned Nigerians against the consumption…
Adelaide man Luke Wingfield dies from meningococcal and becomes first in South Australia to be killed by disease in 2023
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A woman has accused paramedics of ignoring her brother’s call for help before he became the first person to die from meningococcal…
New smoking pill gives hope to smokers trying to give up
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A drug made from East Asian trees can help a third of smokers quit after just two months, according to a new…
Essex drug dealer jailed over deadly opioid that killed 2 people in Basildon
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An Essex drug dealer has been jailed after supplying heroin mixed with a deadly synthetic opioid which killed two people. Read More
All Nigerians must now have health insurance under NHIA — SAMBO
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA, Prof. Mohammed Sambo has said that the new NHIA Act 2022, is…
End of the bartender? The UK vending machines pouring pints for the masses
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The queue for the bar has long been a bugbear for the thirsty sports fan, a gamble that all too often results…
Nearly two thirds of women suffering from dangerous cholesterol levels
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Women are more likely to have high cholesterol than men, with nearly two thirds suffering from dangerous levels, a major health survey has…
Deadly virus that turns sufferers 'into ghosts' with bleeding gums - and there's no cure
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Two separate outbreaks of a deadly virus have been recorded this year – with sufferers left bleeding from their gums and nose….