WHO Urges Vigilance as Kenya's Ebola Cases Rise
Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola's Bundibugyo strain, linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Health Organization is supporting Nairobi's containment efforts while stre…
IGAD Mobilises $7M as Ebola Returns to East Africa
Blood pressure rising: over 50% of Nigerians we tested had hypertension and over 65% didn’t know it
Good gut bacteria vs bad: what we learnt about antibiotic resistance from a community in Nairobi
79 deaths a day: South Africa’s diabetes crisis needs a new strategy
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WHO Urges Vigilance as Kenya's Ebola Cases Rise
Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola's Bundibugyo strain, linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Heal…
IGAD Mobilises $7M as Ebola Returns to East Africa
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development has released its latest PREPARE bulletin as Kenya confirmed two imported Ebola cases in October 2026, p…
Long COVID: effects on fatigue and quality of life can be comparable to some cancers – new research
Henry Goodfellow , UCL - As of March 2023, the Office for National Statistics estimated that 1.7 million people in the UK were living with self-reported long COVID. This refers to symptoms, including fatigue and brain fo…
South Africa has a good childhood vaccination system – what’s stopping it from being great
Susan Goldstein , University of the Witwatersrand and Haroon Saloojee , University of the Witwatersrand - The two public health interventions that hav…
Blood pressure rising: over 50% of Nigerians we tested had hypertension and over 65% didn’t know it
Millions of Nigerians are living with hypertension without knowing it – and the gaps in diagnosis and care run deep.…
Good gut bacteria vs bad: what we learnt about antibiotic resistance from a community in Nairobi
Healthy microbes spread easily through everyday interactions like handshakes and sharing food or water. Disease-causing agents spread in a similar way.…
Cancer care in Africa: translations of key words convey fear and need to change
Hannah Simba , African Population and Health Research Center - Language can give people the power to take an active part in their own healthcare, or i…
HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infection
Linda-Gail Bekker , University of Cape Town - A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-e…
Rushing or delaying decisions is linked to anxiety and depression in young people – study
Eugene Lee Davids , University of Pretoria - Each day we make thousands of decisions, starting with what to have for breakfast and what to wear. We make so many decisions that we don’t keep count. But it’s important to u…
‘Sleeping on it’ really does help and four other recent sleep research breakthroughs
Dan Denis , University of York Twenty-six years. That is roughly how much of our lives are spent asleep. Scientists have been trying to explain why we…
Are you sitting too long in your office job? South African study offers some health tips
Philippe Gradidge , University of the Witwatersrand Sedentary behaviour can result in chronic health conditions such as obesity and heart diseases, ba…
