FILE PHOTO Sun 26 October 2023: The Chinese health ministry on Sunday (Nov 26) urged local authorities to increase the number of fever clinics amid a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country. Addressing a press conference, National Health Commission spokesperson Mi Feng said that the surge in acute respiratory illnesses was linked to the […]
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Thu 23 October 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked Beijing for more information on an outbreak of mysterious pneumonia in northern China that appears mostly to be affecting children. The WHO made “an official request for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children,” the United […]
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More than 150 children have died of dengue in Bangladesh this year [Nazmul Islam/Al Jazeera] Tue 21 October 2023: Dhaka, Bangladesh – Every time Mosammat Mayna enters the dengue ward at Mugda Hospital in Bangladesh’s capital, sorrow and fear grip her mind. The 23-year-old has been working as a cleaner in the hospital for just […]
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Mon 20 October 2023: A first in the developing history of biomedical engineering, scientists in the United States successfully 3D-printed hair follicles within lab-grown human skin tissue. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of New York researchers published their findings in the journal Science Advances. Hair follicles help to regulate body temperature by producing perspiration and contain stem […]
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Sun 12 October 2023: Tamika Cleggett-Murphy’s new look is causing quite a stir. The woman from Perth, Australia, recently went in for an eyebrow wax but ended up in the hospital due to allergies triggered by the technician tinting her brows without her knowledge, as reported by The Sun. In a TikTok video that has garnered 285,000 views, Cleggett-Murphy recounted […]
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Sat 11 October 2023: South Africa will become the first African nation to introduce shared parental leave following a high court ruling that both parents must have the right to time off after the birth of their child or if they adopt a child. According to a report by The Guardian on Friday (Nov 10), […]
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Fri 10 October 2023: Multiple Personality Disorder, which is now more commonly referred to as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), is a complex mental health condition characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states within an individual. These different identities, often referred to as “alters,” can have their own unique names, personal characteristics, […]
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Thu 09 October 2023: Death rates in South Africa have declined slightly during the past few years. But the country faces a steady rise in both death and disability caused by increases in non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer. According to the NCD Alliance, a civil society network, non-communicable diseases cause 71% of deaths globally. Of these deaths 85% occur in […]
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Tue 07 October 2023: South Africa has recorded over 7 400 malaria cases between January and October this year, with only 17% of these having been locally acquired. This means that more people got infected while out of the country, while the country logged at least 66 deaths during the same period. The Department of Health […]
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Sun 05 October 2023: Male sperm count has fallen by more than 50% globally in the past 50 years. Scientists have attributed this fall to many factors such as pollution and toxins in the food and water we consume. But now, scientists say there is one more reason that needs to be factored in, and that is […]
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