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WHO maintains mpox alert amid West Africa surge

By AFP 2025-06-09 21:00:24

Dogs on the trail of South Africa's endangered tortoises

Dogs are five times more effective than humans at this type of search and "also help us find the smaller tortoises which are often overlooked.

By AFP 2025-07-10 09:27:27

Trump pulls US from World Health pandemic reforms

Donald Trump's administration said Friday the US was rejecting changes agreed last year for the WHO on its pandemic response, saying they violated the country's sovereignty.

By AFP 2025-07-19 16:00:00

Trump pulls US from World Health pandemic reforms

Donald Trump's administration said Friday the US was rejecting changes agreed last year for the WHO on its pandemic response, saying they violated the country's sovereignty.

By AFP 2025-07-19 16:00:00

Liver cancer to double worldwide, most of it preventable: study

The number of people with liver cancer will nearly double worldwide by 2050 unless more is done to address preventable causes such as obesity, alcohol consumption and hepatitis.

By AFP 2025-07-29 11:26:22

Liver cancer to double worldwide, most of it preventable: study

French health experts speak out against bee-killing pesticide

French health experts and patient associations on Tuesday urged authorities to protect the public from a bee-killing pesticide, saying the chemical could also harm children and adults.

By AFP 2025-07-29 16:18:09

French health experts speak out against bee-killing pesticide

One man's 30 years of toil to save Sierra Leone's orphaned chimps

Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary has become the Sierra Leone's leading ecotourism destination and a model for environmental conservation in west Africa.

By AFP 2025-07-30 09:23:15

One man's 30 years of toil to save Sierra Leone's orphaned chimps

Study reveals potato's secret tomato heritage

Natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and potato-like plants in South America gave rise to the modern-day spud around nine million years ago

By AFP 2025-07-31 18:22:34

Study reveals potato's secret tomato heritage

Doctors fight vaccine mistrust as Romania hit by measles outbreak

When epidemiologist Daniela Gafita visits villages of northeastern Romania to educate communities about the risks of measles, she encounters parents who hesitate to have their children vaccinated.

By AFP 2025-08-04 09:53:34

Doctors fight vaccine mistrust as Romania hit by measles outbreak

Death of a delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinks

Seawater intrusion into the delta, where the Indus River meets the Arabian Sea in the south of the country, has triggered the collapse of farming and fishing communities.

By AFP 2025-08-05 09:34:06

Death of a delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinks

AI helps UK woman rediscover lost voice after 25 years

Sarah Ezekiel, an artist, was left without the use of her voice after she was diagnosed at the age of 34 with MND while pregnant with her second child 25 years ago.

By AFP 2025-08-22 16:05:30