Treatment of Wastewater in Oil Fields Is Failing, Raising the Risk of Health Hazards
People need both clean, safe water and sustainable energy. That means both resources must be properly managed. But when it comes to the oil and...
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Featured Monkeypox: First deaths outside Africa in Brazil and Spain
By Malu CursinoBBC NewsImage source, Getty ImagesBrazil and Spain have reported their first monkeypox deaths. A 41-year-old man in Brazil became the first fatality from...
Promising Progress On Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa
Brazzaville — Over the past decade, significant progress has been made in the elimination, control and eradication of neglected tropical diseases in the African region,...
Resident Doctors Call For Increase In Health Sector Budget From 5% To 15%
Logo of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has urged the Federal Government to increase the budgetary allocation...
Should We Prioritize the Development of Omicron-Specific Boosters?
The identification of the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) in South Africa in November 2021 -- featuring an extensive set of 30 mutations in the spike protein...
Over 70 Percent of South Africa COVID Cases Since Mid-November Identified as Omicron
Nation-wide tests in South Africa show that since mid-November over 70 percent of the country's newly reported COVID-19 cases have been identified as the Omicron...
South Africa: Committee Welcomes Moves to Improve Service Delivery
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements has welcomed Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi's recommitment to corruption-free service delivery and the eradication of poor performance in the delivery...
Ugandan Police Hunt Phony Doctor, Arrest Two Nurses in COVID Vaccine Scam
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police in Uganda have arrested two nurses and were hunting for a man who had posed as a doctor to sell and...
South Africa: Sanitation Worse Than Ever After Floods Hit Informal Settlement
Residents of Ethembeni in Khayelitsha say they urgently need ten to 15 chemical toilets In the aftermath of last week's flooding, residents of Ethembeni in...
News24.com | Covid-19: South Africa records 16 585 new cases, 333 deaths
Two nurses are seen next to a machine that checks oxygen levels of a patient infected with Covid-19 at ward number 20 of the Tembisa...