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Serena Williams Writes: What My Life-Threatening Experience Taught Me About Giving Birth

I almost died after giving birth to my daughter, Olympia. Yet I consider myself fortunate. While I had a pretty easy...

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China Facing Largest Diabetes Epidemic In the World

China is facing the largest diabetes epidemic in the world with around 11 percent of its population suffering from the...

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Ohio Sues Five Drugmakers Over Role In Opioid Crisis

The US state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major producers of prescription opioid medications, accusing them of lying...

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US Ambassador Launches 2017 School Net Distribution Campaign

The US Ambassador, Robert Jackson, has launched the 2017 Primary School Insecticide-Treated Nets distribution campaign....

International

CDC Warns of Parasitic Infection, Toxic Gas

he CDC received word of 32 outbreaks linked to swimming pools or water playgrounds in the US Beware of contaminated...

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Hepatitis C Nearly Triples In US In 5 Years

The number of hepatitis C infections have nearly tripled in the United States in the last five years, particularly...

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‘Sesame Street’ To Tackle Autism With New Muppet

"Sesame Street" has often experimented with new ways of teaching children about social issues as well as their ABCs...

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VX Nerve Agent Found On Kim Jong-Nam Face

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half brother was assassinated with a lethal nerve agent manufactured for chemical...

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CDC Assists Ghana To Prevent Meningitis

Ghana, on Thursday, received $60,000 worth of laboratory supplies for the testing of meningitis, from the United...

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CDC Assists Ghana To Prevent Meningitis

Ghana, on Thursday, received $60,000 worth of laboratory supplies for the testing of meningitis, from the United...

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CDC Aids Ghana Heath Services

Lead, Ghana Second Year (2YL) of life Project under the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US, on...

Opinion

Accelerating Innovation With Leadership

As the U. S. presidential candidates lay out competing visions for the country, I have been thinking about a topic they...

Opinion

Making A Case For An Incoming Government To Create A New Ministry Of Traditional, Complementary & Alternative Medicine (Part 2)

This is the continuation of the part 1. PROFIT - MONEY AND MORE MONEY! Dr. George said conventional medicine is all...

Africa & World

United States Ambassador to the United Nations visits Ebola Stricken Countries

(Accra, GNA) - In a communique released by the United States Embassy in Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,...

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US Universities Screening African Students for Ebola

College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States...

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Secret Experimental Drug Called “ZMapp” given to American Ebola Patients Cures Him

Dr. Kent Brantly is back on his feet -- literally -- after receiving a last-ditch, highly experimental drug. Brantly's...

Africa & World

U.S.-Africa Summit Kicks off in Washington D.C, Investment, Poverty, Terrorism, Corruption and Ebola Discussed

US President Obama, today met with over 50 African leaders, discussing issues such as investment, poverty, terrorism,...