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Doctor contracts Ebola in eastern Congo, death toll rises

The World Health Organization on Friday announced that a doctor has contracted the deadly Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The doctor living...

DR Congo gets more experimental Ebola treatments

More Ebola experimental treatments have been approved by the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the deadly virus. The country's health ministry says the new...

DR Congo: Death toll from Ebola outbreak reaches 55

55 people have so far been killed from the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo, according to health officials. New details of the outbreak...

16 nurses at same hospital get pregnant at same time

Some sixteen nurses working at a hospital in the U.S reportedly got pregnant at the same time. The nurses all work in the intensive care...

Children of smoking parents prone to ‘chronic lung’ diseases

Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to US research. The...

Conflict in DR Congo threatening fight against Ebola

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the ongoing militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening the fight against the deadly Ebola outbreak. It...

Cholera kills 149 in DR Congo and Niger

Almost 150 people have been killed by a Cholera epidemic that has hit the Democratic Republic of Congo and Niger. The epidemic since February has...

Arrest made following mass overdose in Connecticut

A suspect is in custody after over 40 individuals overdosed in a Connecticut park on a drug suspected of being laced with an opioid,...

Experimental Ebola treatment deployed in DR Congo

The experimental mAb114 Ebola treatment is being used for the first time in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the deadly virus continues to...

South Africa to eradicate deadly pit toilets in schools

South Africa is to eradicate pit latrine toilets from its schools after several deaths in parts of the country. The country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has...

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