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The Pearl On the Hill

Folklore has it that “Legon” means ‘hill’  in ‘Ga’, the language of the indigenes of the general Accra...

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World’s Smallest MRI Helps Premature Babies

Doctors in Sheffield are pioneering the use of a compact MRI scanner for imaging the brains of premature babies. The...

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Successful Ebola Vaccine Will Be Fast-Tracked For Use

A highly effective vaccine that guards against the deadly Ebola virus could be available by 2018, says the World Health...

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Gates Foundation Pledges $50m to fight Ebola

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $50m on Wednesday to support emergency efforts to contain West Africa's...