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​ Share this with MessShare this with Twitter   Share Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES An HIV vaccine that has the potential to protect people around the world from the virus has shown promising results. The treatment, which aims to provide immunity against various strains of the virus, produced an anti-HIV immune system response in tests on … Continue reading HIV vaccine shows promise in human trial

​ AFPCuban doctors can now begin to work in hospitals across the country A Nairobi court has dismissed a case that challenged the right of Cuban doctors to work in Kenya. The Employment and Labour Relations Court has ruled that there is no proof that doctors’ rights have been infringed by the decision to hire … Continue reading Cuban doctors can work in Kenya, court rules

​ Daddy Faizer, the manager of the late popular Reggae musician, Ras Kimono, has said the singer underwent a medical test about three weeks ago and the doctors said he was in a good shape. When Sunday Scoop visited Kimono’s house in Magodo, Lagos, during the week, family members and well-wishers swamped the residence. Efforts … Continue reading What Doctors told Ras Kimono three weeks before he died – Manager

​Before discussing which foods can damage the liver, it’s important to know what it actually does. The most well-known functions of the liver are to detoxify and flush out waste from your body. It “cleanses” the blood that passes through your body in order to separate what you ingest into useful nutrients and waste. It … Continue reading 7 food that damage the liver, which is bad for your health

https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.19.11/iframe.html Media captionMrs May said the extra funding amounted to billions of pounds a year extra for the NHS The NHS in England is to receive an extra £20bn a year as a 70th “birthday present”, the prime minister has said. Theresa May is expected to detail where the additional health service funding will come … Continue reading NHS gets £20bn ‘birthday present’

​We’re not talking Barry White here but some fascinating research reveals how women’s voices are becoming deeper in some countries. If you listen to radio programmes from the 1940s and 1950s you’ll notice some striking differences between the way that people spoke then and how we express ourselves today. The most noticeable change can be … Continue reading Why women have deeper voices in these generation

Share Image copyrightAFPImage captionEgypt’s security forces are battling Islamist militants in Sinai and elsewhere Egypt has been ranked the safest country in Africa and higher than both the UK and US, according to a new global poll. The annual Gallup Global Law and Order asked if people felt safe walking at night and whether they had been … Continue reading Egypt safer than US and UK – Gallup poll

​ For years, Valdomiro Facchi has made a living ranching on land carved from the Amazon rainforest. He’s a small player in one of the world’s biggest environmental disasters. But now that his cattle have trampled the pastures to dust – and new laws prevent him from clearing fresh land – he has to find new income. “I want to diversify,” said the 68-year old rancher, outlining plans to plant cocoa trees on his 300 hectare plot in Brazil’s Para State. “I want to have the cocoa income when profit from cattle ranching fails.” Facchi illustrates a trend that is turning damaged parts of the Amazon basin green again and creating an usual alliance between the agriculture industry and conservationists. Brazil’s cattle ranchers are planting cocoa on their used-up pasture, with financial support from international environmental groups. That’s a big change. For decades, ranchers have been the engine of clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest that has rendered an area nearly the size of Spain