Anne Heche organs donated after actress taken off from life support
After a suitable donor recipient was identified, US actress Anne Heche was "peacefully taken off life support," a spokeswoman said.The late star's death was...
UN Oceans Treaty: World leaders make fifth attempt to protect oceans
Later, international leaders will gather in New York at the UN for additional discussions to protect the world's oceans from overexploitation.Despite ten years of...
Food security: Sequencing West Africa’s “yam belt”
A market in Ibadan is lined with piles of hairy yams, and traders dispute over price and quality before putting them onto vehicles to...
Life expectancy grows by 10 years in Africa
According to a report, the quick scale-up of HIV, TB, and malaria control efforts starting in 2005 contributed to the increase in healthy life...
Australia plans to lift ban on euthanasia after 25 years
The Australian Parliament received a new measure on Monday that aims to end the 25-year ban on physician-assisted suicide in two territories.The Northern Territory...
South Korea’s nanotech tattoo to monitor health
If a research team's project is successful, South Koreans may soon be able to carry a device inside their own bodies in the form...
China’s Wuhan seafood market caused Covid-19 outbreak: Report
Once more, strong evidence has surfaced to support the claims that the Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far claimed more than 6 million lives,...
Aids-related illness killed one person every minute in 2021
According to recent UNAids statistics, an Aids-related sickness claimed one life every minute in 2021.Additionally, it predicts that "in 2021, an adolescent girl or...
Monkeypox a disease of national significance in Australia
Following the World Health Organization's declaration of a global health emergency, Australia stated on Thursday that the spread of monkeypox was now a "communicable...