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Debilitating ‘Long-COVID’ May Have Severe Health, Social Impacts – WHO
Feb 26, 2021
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WHO Agrees Compensation Fund for Serious COVAX Vaccine Side Effects
Feb 23, 2021
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COVID-19 Reinfection Unlikely for at Least Six Months: Study
Nov 23, 2020
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One in Five COVID-19 Patients Develop Mental Illness Within 90 Days, Study Says
Nov 11, 2020
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New Global Lab Network Will Compare COVID-19 Vaccines Head-To-Head
Oct 03, 2020
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World’s First Patient Cured of HIV Dies After Cancer Returns
Oct 01, 2020
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Vaccine Group Says 76 Rich Countries Now Committed to ‘COVAX’ Access Plan
Sep 04, 2020
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Steroids Cut Death Rates Among Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients – Major Study
Sep 02, 2020
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Letters From My Grandmother
Having virtually grown up inside a library, my grandmother lived her life as if it were a novel.
Aug 03, 2020
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Scientists Warn of Potential Wave of COVID-Linked Brain Damage
Jul 11, 2020
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Severe COVID-19 Can Damage the Brain, Preliminary Study Finds
Jun 26, 2020
Pneumonia Kills a Child Every 39 Seconds, Health Agencies Say
Nigeria, India, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia accounted for more than half the children who died of pneumonia last year.
Nov 12, 2019
Two of Three Wild Poliovirus Strains Eradicated: WHO
The last case of polio type 3 was detected in northern Nigeria in 2012, and global health officials have since been conducting intense surveillance to ensure it has gone.
Oct 24, 2019
Breakthrough Ebola Trial in Congo Achieves 90% Survival Rate
Two experimental drugs were developed using antibodies harvested from survivors of Ebola infection.
Aug 13, 2019
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Healthy Living May Help Offset Genetic Risk of Dementia: Study
People with high genetic risk and an unhealthy lifestyle were almost three times more likely to develop dementia than those with low genetic risk who also lived healthily.
Jul 15, 2019
HPV Vaccine Has Significantly Cut Rate of Infections That Cause Cervical Cancer
Each year, more than 310,000 women die from cervical cancer, the vast majority of them in poorer countries where HPV immunisation coverage is low or non-existent.
Jun 27, 2019
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Ebola's Spread Shows How Science Needs Societies to Succeed
The current Ebola epidemic underscores the importance of trust in authority and accurate information in successfully controlling outbreaks of infectious diseases.
Jun 17, 2019
Over 20 Million Children Miss Measles Vaccines Triggering Outbreaks Globally: UNICEF
Due to lack of access, poor health systems and in some cases fear or scepticism about vaccines the global coverage of the first dose of the measles vaccine was reported at 85% in 2017.
Apr 25, 2019
Patient Cleared of HIV Virus Becomes World's Second AIDS Cure Hope
The case is a proof of the concept that scientists will one day be able to end AIDS, doctors said, but does not mean a cure for HIV has been found.
Mar 05, 2019
Malaria Mosquitoes Wiped out in Lab Trials of Gene Drive Testing
The researchers managed to eliminate the population in less than 11 generations, suggesting that the technique could in the future be used to control the spread of malaria, a parasitic disease carried by Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes.
Sep 26, 2018