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Niger becomes the first African country to eliminate a major blindness-inducing infection
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), which just sent its congratulations, Niger has gone down as the first ...
South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.
Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...
Mapping HIV-linked infections unearths diagnosis 'blank spots' in Africa
A map of deadly infectious diseases known to attack the central nervous system (CNS) of people who are already suffering with ...
Africa's largest human microbiome study sheds light on gut diversity and health
The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported ...
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What is alkaptonuria? The rare disease that turns your pee black
Alkaptonuria, also known as "black urine disease" Affected populations: The exact prevalence of alkaptonuria worldwide is unknown. However, estimates suggest that the disease affects between 1 in 250, ...
All About the First Actor with Down Syndrome to Lead an Action Movie: Race Eberhardt 'Has That It Factor'
Eberhardt stars as "an underdog USDA agent who dreams of doing something big with his career" in the upcoming film 'Strait ...
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Meet the man making history as the 1st actor with Down syndrome to star in an action movie
Race Eberhardt is starring in "Strait Undercover," an action film about a government agent exposing corrupt forces trying to ...
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Marcus Brigstocke: ‘My porn addiction was shameful. It changed how I treated women’
The comedian explains his new stand-up show exploring modern masculinity – and why all men need good male friendships ...
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Preventing sickle cell disease through modern science
Abnormal cells can clog blood vessels, leading to severe pain episodes and restricting oxygen delivery to vital organs ...
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South Africa: 78 Miners Found Starved and Dehydrated to Death in South African Police Operation Against Unlicensed Mining
The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine's Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water ...
China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries
China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox and ...