Life expectancy rate drops in US for second straight year in 2021
According to a government report being issued on Wednesday, the U.S. life expectancy declined for the second year in a row in 2021, dropping...
Canadian researchers making oral treatment for diabetes
A group of Canadian researchers has stated that they are working on an oral diabetes medication whose absorption of the insulin is comparable to...
COVID caused decline in births, marriages in China
According to China's National Health Commission, COVID-19 is a factor in the nation's declining marriage and birth rates, which have accelerated recently as a...
British woman gets scary ‘plastic skin’ after falling asleep for 30 minutes while sunbathing
A 25-year-old British woman visiting Bulgaria for holiday had a terrible surprise. Sirin Murad, a London-based beautician, fell asleep while sunbathing and awoke with...
Monkeypox infects 35k people in 92 countries so far
According to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), about 7,500 cases of monkeypox were reported last week, a 20% rise...
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...
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