Yellow fever vaccines are being imported for the north of Uganda to inoculate people against the disease which has killed about 45 people. People began falling ill about a month ago in nine northern districts, the country’s health ministry says. A health official in Kitgum told the BBC the outbreak was confirmed as yellow fever… Continue reading Yello fever outbreak in Uganda
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“Sleeping beauty’ and societal implications
The key to looking attractive and healthy is simpler than you will imagine: it’s all in a ‘good sleep’, a new scientific research suggests. The idea of ‘beauty sleep’ was an ancient myth but now experts say they have uncovered the first scientific backing for the concept. The team of researchers from the Karolinska Institute… Continue reading “Sleeping beauty’ and societal implications
Africa has potential to solve own problems, Canadian Researchers say
In spite of a global perception as being “dependent, pestilence-ridden and suffering,” Africa has the ingenuity and conviction to solve its own health problems, Canadian researchers say in a sweeping new look at the continent.