Brain haemorrhages can be passed on by blood donors
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA major study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that patients who received blood from donors who later suffered brain haemorrhages,…
Italy's migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center where a 19-year-old Guinean allegedly hanged himself last…
Zimbabwe forcibly removed USAID officials on assessment mission, US says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe United States on Friday said Zimbabwean officials last month “abruptly detained and deported” U.S. Agency for International Development officials who had…
230 million females circumcised globally, 30 million more than in 2016: Unicef
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report…
In a hotter world, these Indian women are left with little option but hysterectomy
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJayashree Owhal, a 45-year-old cane cutter from India’s western state of Maharashtra, made a life-changing decision when the pain of her menstrual cramps became unbearable. Read…
Microplastics in blood linked with stroke and heart attack, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDoctors have sounded the alarm on tiny plastic particles entering the human body after finding people with higher levels in blood vessels…
Japa syndrome: We’re frustrated by Nigeria’s system – Health workers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has decried the poor working conditions in the country’s health sector. Read More
Cancer patients may be at risk due to overstretched NHS staff, ombudsman warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCancer patients in England could be at risk because NHS staff are overstretched and exhausted, the official complaints body has warned. Read…
Why schoolchildren are being abducted in northern Nigeria amid the region's security crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe kidnapping of 287 grade school students by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria this week was only the latest in a slew of…
Police firearms officer named as he denies murder of Chris Kaba
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Metropolitan police firearms officer has denied the charge of murdering Chris Kaba, who was shot dead by police in south London…