Sat 28 September 2024: African countries and partners have pledged more than $800 million towards the continent’s mpox response amid surging infection, the director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported. Jean Kaseya said $314 million was pledged to a new mpox fund created at a […]
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Mon 23 September 2024: In 1972, when a blood sample was taken from a pregnant woman, doctors noticed it lacked a surface molecule found in all known red blood cells at the time. After 50 years of research, scientists in the UK have identified a new blood group system thanks to this unusual molecular deficiency. Louise Tilley, […]
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Mon 23 September 2024: Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Democratic Republic of Congo where tests have run out, the World Health Organization said on Monday. More than 800 people died of suspected mpox across the continent in that time, the U.N. health body said in its report. Congo’s central African […]
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Mon 23 September 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa says as the continent tackles Mpox, Africa needs to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic. “We need to ensure equitable distribution of medical countermeasures based on transparent criteria and readiness to initiate vaccination. We ask Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to lead the consultation with […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: Sedentary behaviour can result in chronic health conditions such as obesity and heart diseases, bad news for the millions of office workers who are forced to sit behind their desks every day. In its simplest form, the term “sedentary behaviour” describes sitting for too long and not breaking this up with […]
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Fri 20 September 2024: About 37 million children ages 13 to 15 around the world use tobacco, according to a 2024 report from the World Health Organization. In 2023, e-cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product in the U.S., with 7.7% of middle school and high school students reporting e-cigarette use. Cigarettes were the next most common, […]
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Sun 15 September 2024: A change in rules meant to control flow of immigrants has led to a staggering 81 percent drop in visas for health and care workers. If you are an ageing Brit looking for a care worker to help you carry out everyday tasks, good luck finding an affordable resource anytime soon. […]
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Fri 13 September 2024: A friend of mine, on a recent trip to the gym, declined to use the machine for drying his trunks – that gym equivalent of a salad spinner which removes excess water from your swimming costume. His reason? The amount of “faecal excrement” it was likely to contain. I went ahead […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: The North West had the fifth highest HIV prevalence rate in the country at 12.3% in 2022, with HIV prevalence in the province at 20.8% among those aged 25 to 49 years old overall. In addition, a large number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the province were women. This […]
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Tue 03 September 2024: From skin to hair, scabs and even tears, the external appearance of the body can offer clues about the state of your health. But there’s another part of the anatomy that’s often overlooked: the feet. Feet are wired up to nerve fibre tracts from the brain so you can stand, balance and wiggle your toes. […]
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