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The deadliest outbreak in 2016 forced the medical experts to take some serious action to combat the disease. (Photo: AFP)

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Ebola vaccine found safe for children, adults in Africa

The deadliest outbreak in 2016 forced the medical experts to take some serious action to combat the disease.

9 Oct 2017 10:56 AM IST

The study also indicates how African countries are leapfrogging technology by skipping the landlines, moving straight to mobile devices. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Text-message blast' can expand access to surgical services

Some 5 billion people in the world lack access to safe surgery and anesthesia.

28 Nov 2017 7:27 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

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New breath tests can detect various diseases

Scientists are trying to use this technology to "smell" diseases a human nose cannot.

8 Nov 2017 1:02 PM IST

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Cape Town gallery showcasing modern African art opens

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22 Sept 2017 8:01 PM IST

The drug resistance of these bugs is a public health emergency that must be treated urgently. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

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Superbug's spread to Vietnam threatens malaria control

The drug resistance of these bugs is a public health emergency that must be treated urgently.

21 Sept 2017 10:07 AM IST

You might assume there was residual bleach left in the toilet, but actually its your urine thats created the bubbles.

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World Toilet Day highlights global sanitation crisis

The toilet crisis is most severe in parts of Africa and Asia facing extreme poverty and seeing a population boom.

19 Nov 2018 8:18 PM IST

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Scientists discover Egyptian dinosaur with ties to Europe

The new specimen sheds new light on Afro-European dinosaur ties.

30 Jan 2018 11:11 AM IST

$Biologists call this a \dose-dependent response\ -- the more bugs, the more risk of HIV infection. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Seven bacterial species may up HIV risk in women: study

The study also showed that the odds of HIV infection increased as concentrations of that bacterium increased.

28 Jan 2018 5:58 PM IST

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Oldest human fossil outside Africa is dug up in Israel

Other archaeological evidence in the cave showed that the inhabitants hunted big game and used fire.

26 Jan 2018 1:15 PM IST

The terrified, bleating animals died of exhaustion as soon as he finished the vile attack, police have said. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Man rapes two of his mum's goats, ends up killing them

Munyao is said to have dragged them from a grazing area for a sickening two-hour session.

18 Jan 2018 11:27 AM IST

If superspreading had been completely under control about two-thirds of Ebola cases could have been avoided (Photo: AFP)

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Bleeding eye Fever kills 4, feared to be worse than Plague

Health chiefs warn spread of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever could be catastrophic'.

16 Jan 2018 12:48 PM IST

Rabies kills more about 60,000 people every year worldwide, mostly children in Africa and Asia, according to the CDC.

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Youngster from Florida dies of rabies after touching a sick bat

Six-year-old boy dies from rabies he contracted after being scratched by an infected bat.

16 Jan 2018 11:13 AM IST