Smoking during pregnancy is linked to adverse health outcomes for mothers and their newborns, but quitting smoking cold turkey can be very difficult. More than...
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With costs of mpox vaccines sky-high, Africa’s leading health agency is seeking donations to secure four million vaccine doses needed to fight the outbreak...
Nearly two-thirds of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa occur in women, and a woman’s vaginal microbiome can influence her risk. In particular, an...
In the recent clinical consensus statement by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) published in the European Heart Journal, researchers highlight the...
It was September 2017 at a teaching hospital in Nigeria’s southern state of Bayelsa. An 11-year-old boy came into the clinic with a fever, rash and lesions on...