New study reveals how vaping affects your blood pressure and heart health
When e-cigarettes first appeared around 2010, they were hailed as a breakthrough: nicotine delivery without the toxic tar and combustion ...
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Malawi declares polio outbreak, raising fears of renewed resurgence
The Malawian government has declared a polio outbreak, raising concerns about a renewed resurgence of the disease just three years ...
Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Province of Congo
Health officials have declared an Ebola outbreak in a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization ...
Morocco produces Africa’s first mpox tests as the continent tries to rely less on imports
After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent ...
What is Type 5 diabetes? New form of disease recognised after decades of debate
A new type of diabetes that’s linked not to obesity but to malnutrition has been officially recognised, decades after it ...
Death of five children during gruelling hospital trek blamed on Trump’s ‘America First’ aid cuts
Eight people, including five children, have died during a three-hour trek in extreme heat to obtain cholera treatment in South ...
Why Africa’s deadly cholera crisis is worse than ever
Extreme weather events, including tropical storms, floods, and drought, have ravaged parts of Africa over the past three years, leading ...
Argentina to withdraw from World Health Organization
Argentina will withdraw from the World Health Organization, a spokesman for President Javier Milei said Wednesday, just weeks after his ...
African Union ‘dismayed’ US withdrawing from WHO
ADDIS ABABA: The African Union expressed dismay Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the ...
Donald Trump signs order to withdraw US from World Health Organization
President Trump has signed an executive order beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. It ...
Peace elusive in Sudan, with intractable Generals and real risks of worsening conflict — Ambassador Susan Page
As foreigners flee the continued fighting in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and the death toll rises, there are fears of ...
WHO Condemns Attacks on Hospitals in Sudan
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the increasing violence in Sudan, which has resulted in the ...
WHO boss says ‘color of skin’ behind lack of help for Tigray
The World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has suggested that racism is behind a lack of international attention being ...
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