A study has found that a single dose of the Imvanex vaccine provides protection against Mpox with 84% effectiveness. For people with HIV, however, a single dose of the vaccine fails to offer ...

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A 19-year-old resident from East Africa tested positive for the disease in only the third recorded case of the infection in ...

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Explore the alarming state of oral health in Africa, the links between oral hygiene and overall health, and the urgent need ...

ShareAs Nigeria joins other countries of the world to mark this year’s World Oral Health Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday said African has the highest number of noma cases, a rapidly ...

A recent Vanderbilt study has found a cure for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood ...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof explains the various ways the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID will hurt the U.S.

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Rarely if ever does a newspaper headline include the words “crisis averted,” yet, that is what investments in development ...