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Coronavirus Scare: African Students Trapped in China as Home Countries Deny Reentry
Some 4,600 African students may be unwilling exiles, unable to return home from China for fear of contagion.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Alarms U.S.
A new coronavirus that has killed hundreds worldwide in the past month and sickened more than 20,000 others has many…
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WHO Declares Emergency on Deadly Coronavirus
The World Health Organization has officially declared the coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern.
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World AIDS 2019 Message: Get Tested, Know Status
Health care advocates, families and medical officials around the globe paused on Sunday, Dec. 1 in observance of the 31…
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Rwandan Health Minister Urges ‘Contract Tracing’ to Prevent Ebola Spread
Dr. Diane Gashumba, Rwanda's Minister of Health, said people should effectively report any Ebola case as well as wash their…
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Injectable Birth Control Raises HIV Risk for African Women
Recent studies suggest that African women face greater risk of HIV infection upon using an injectable birth control, a hormone…
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Uganda Newest African Nation Threatened by Ebola Virus
For the third time in recent years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declined to declare the ongoing Ebola outbreak…
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WHO: Ebola Outbreak in Congo Cause for ‘Extraordinary Concern’
The World Health Organization (WHO) said the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is cause for extraordinary concern,…
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UWI Lecturer Among Group Assembled to Combat Hypertension
Dr. Kenneth Connell, a lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI), is among 16 international experts chosen by…
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By the Numbers: Understanding Climate Change through Numerical Shifts
Researchers at Yale University and George Mason University that tracked public opinions about climate change in a 2018 nationwide survey…
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