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‘Black gold’: How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in Chinese camps
By CNN, 1110, October 9, 2020 (EAT)
For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our h...

braids , hair , synthetic hair , weaves
WHO, ITU plan to send text messages on COVID-19 to mobile phone users worldwide
By Citizen Reporter, 1321, April 21, 2020 (EAT)
The Word Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union plan to start sending SMSs to people's mobile phones with vital information...

coronavirus , ITU , phone , SMS
Why this Ksh.3K gin made with elephant poop is all the rage in SA
By CNN, 1204, February 1, 2020 (EAT)
A vacation is often an inspiring experience -- but that inspiration can take many forms. Following a holiday to a game reserve a couple of years ag...

gin , indlovu , poop
Endometriosis pain lowers work performance – study
By Paul Ombati, 1036, October 16, 2019 (EAT)
An online survey has revealed that endometriosis pain lowers performance at work, which affects careers and overall productivity. Endometriosis is ...

Endometriosis
C-section births rise rapidly to more than 20 percent worldwide
By Reuters, 930, November 30, 2018 (EAT)
Rates of caesarean section births almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 – from 12 to 21 percent worldwide - new research has found. The life-savin...

C-section
1 in 20 deaths globally is as a result of alcohol consumption
By CNN, 1553, November 23, 2018 (EAT)
According to a new report by the world health organization,over 3 million people died from alcohol consumption in 2016,equating to 1 in 20 deaths glob...

Alcohol consumption
A country in freefall, with half its population at risk of famine. All because of an avoidable war
By CNN, 1353, November 10, 2018 (EAT)
Hunger became starvation and is about to lurch into famine. A failing state failed and an economic crisis became a catastrophe. An insurgency became a...

Saudi Arabia , united arab emirates , Yemen
Cancer deaths may rise to 10M this year: report
By CNN, 1617, September 15, 2018 (EAT)
The number of people around the world who have cancer is rapidly growing with 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018 alone, researchers...

cancer
FACTBOX-Obesity, a global killer, on the rise in developing world
By Reuters, 1038, October 9, 2016 (EAT)
More people in the world are obese than underweight, with child and adolescent obesity rising rapidly, particularly in developing nations, the United ...

health , obesity
Cancer treatment untested in patients with immune problems
By Reuters, 1513, June 4, 2016 (EAT)
The safety and effectiveness of a new cancer treatment known as immunotherapy is largely unknown in patients with autoimmune diseases, researchers say...

cancer , cancer treatment , Cancer treatment untested in patients with immune problems
Botswana leads World in HIV diagnosis and treatment
By VOA, 914, March 25, 2016 (EAT)
The tiny southern African nation of Botswana is leading the way in treatment and containment of the virus that causes AIDS. It is exceeding goals for ...

africa , AIDS , anti-retroviral drugs , Botswana , health , HIV , HIV vaccine , HIV/AIDS , United Nations
Endangered rhino dies, three remain worldwide
By Agencies, 816, November 23, 2015 (EAT)
A northern white rhinoceros, one of just four left on Earth, died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after suffering from a bacterial infectio...

northern white rhinoceros , wildlife conservation
Condom shortage hampers AIDS fight
By Agencies, 1337, November 6, 2015 (EAT)
Indian sex worker Shaalu is using fewer condoms when she meets her clients in New Delhi - not out of choice, but because a funding crunch and procurem...

AIDS , condoms , HIV , HIV/AIDS , India
Mystery deaths in Sierra Leone spread fear of Ebola
By Maureen Murimi, 1757, October 21, 2015 (EAT)
A poster in Sierra Leone's crumbling coastal capital Freetown proclaims a message from an Ebola survivor called Sulliaman: "I feel 100 percent healthy...

ebola , Liberia , Mysterious deaths , Sierra Leone