HIV & AIDS

Fury at HIV data leak in conservative Singapore

Rico has lived with HIV for almost a decade, confiding in only a small number of people in socially conservative Singapore, fearful of the reaction. Last month, he got a phone call saying information about his condition had ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

101 die in Nigeria from Lassa fever outbreak

A growing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare-up of the virus, according to data from the nation's health authorities released Saturday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Opinion: Why 'Patient Zero' is such a toxic term

Heightened fears surrounding COVID-19 have once again brought the idea of "patient zero" into public consciousness. Ever since it was coined by accident in the 1980s, this popular yet slippery term has regularly—and misguidedly—been ...

Health

The antioxidant capacity of orange juice is multiplied tenfold

The antioxidant activity of citrus juices and other foods is undervalued. A new technique developed by researchers from the University of Granada for measuring this property generates values that are ten times higher than ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cholera outbreak kills 10 in S.Africa

An outbreak of cholera has killed at least 10 people near South Africa's capital of Pretoria, health authorities said Sunday, urging the public to be "extra vigilant".

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

China races to vaccinate elderly, but many are reluctant

Chinese authorities are going door to door and paying people older than 60 to get vaccinated against COVID-19. But even as cases surge, 64-year-old Li Liansheng said his friends are alarmed by stories of fevers, blood clots ...

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