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DR Congo reports fresh Ebola outbreak
AFP, Published on 01/06/2020
» KINSHASA - DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections.
Pandemics through the Ages: One more wake-up call unheeded?
Christopher Bruton, Published on 28/05/2020
» Pandemics have been an endemic feature of human history throughout the passage of time. They have killed off more people than wars and famines.
Mory Kante is gone, but not forgotten
Life, John Clewley, Published on 26/05/2020
» In 1987, the singer and kora (21-stringed African harp) player Mory Kante released his fifth studio album, Akwaba Beach. The Guinean-born musician included a number of interesting songs including an Islamic song, Inch Allah, but it was the 12-inch single from the album Yé Ké Yé Ké that caused a sensation as it became the first single from Africa to sell more than a million copies. The song swept into the charts across Europe, and if you were walking around the bars and clubs in Bangkok during that period, you could hear the song everywhere.
Much needed breathing room
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/05/2020
» After five months of battling the Covid-19 pandemic, normalcy is gradually returning to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute (BIDI), a specialised hospital for emerging infectious diseases and respiratory illnesses.
Tracing a path to Big Brother?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/05/2020
» As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, governments are turning to contact tracing -- a tactic used to control outbreaks of syphilis in the 1930s and more recently Ebola in West Africa.
Virus stigma weighs heavily in sub-Saharan Africa
AFP, Published on 20/05/2020
» LIBREVILLE - Landlords evict people from their homes, nurses are abandoned by their husbands and people are spurned just on suspicion of coming into contact with a COVID-19 patient.
New drug can stop pandemic 'without vaccine': scientists in China
AFP, Published on 19/05/2020
» BEIJING: A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt.
Amazon could be next virus hot zone: scientist
AFP, Published on 14/05/2020
» SAO PAULO - The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest, warns Brazilian ecologist David Lapola, who says human encroachment on animals' habitats -- a likely culprit in the coronavirus outbreak -- is soaring there because of rampant deforestation.
Bill Gates Has Regrets
Business, Published on 13/05/2020
» Five years ago, Bill Gates warned that the biggest potential killer the world faced wasn't war, but a pandemic. The billionaire spent hundreds of millions of dollars to find faster ways to develop vaccines and create disease-tracking systems. He urged world leaders to build national defenses against new infectious diseases.
How businesses can build resilience
Business, Published on 13/05/2020
» A bee sting nearly killed me. My passion for beekeeping therefore comes as a surprise to many. Through tending their hives, I observe nature's complex system of interdependency, adaptability and efficiency.