COVID-19 restrictions led to polio, measles outbreaks: WHO

By VOA,

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday the COVID-19 pandemic’s restrictions and demands on resources have stifled immunization programs, ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Measles , Polio

Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can’t ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response

By CNN,

Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now s...

adolescent girls , defilement , early marriage , Fortunate Ayomirwoth , rape , sexual violence , teenage pregnancy

Garden weddings limited to 15 people as marriage services resume

By Citizen Reporter,

Garden weddings have been limited to 15 people while private ceremonies at the Attorney General's office will now have only two witnesses. Also Rea...

coronavirus , Garden weddings , marriage services

What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

Netflix pauses production in U.S, Canada due to coronavirus restrictions

By CNN,

Netflix is pausing scripted TV and film production in the US and Canada for two weeks due to government restrictions and health and safety precautions...

Photo of mice fighting wins wildlife photography award

By CNN,

The sight of two mice scurrying across a London Underground platform in the evening is, to many, an unwelcome feature of life in the city. But a yo...

mice , wildlife photography award

Uganda plans bill imposing death penalty for gay sex

By Imani Mitchelle,

Uganda has announced plans for a bill that will impose death penalty on gay sex. Speaking to Thomson Reuters Foundation, Ethics and Integrity Minis...

gay sex , LGBT

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o top contender for Nobel Prize of Literature?

By Imani Mitchelle,

Two winners of the Nobel Prize of Literature will be announced on Thursday with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o listed as one of the possible contenders. https...

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o , Nobel Prize of Literature

The royal baby: Meghan Markle has given birth to a boy

By CNN,

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has given birth to a boy, she and Prince Harry announced on their Instagram account Monday. "We are pleased t...

Duchess of sussex , Meghan Markle. , Prince Harry , queen elizabeth ii , Royal baby

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, goes into labor

By CNN,

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has gone into labor with her first child, Buckingham Palace told CNN on Monday. The Duchess went into labor early Mo...

Buckingham Palace , Meghan Markle. , Prince Harry

Battle against Ebola being lost amid militarized response, MSF says

By Reuters,

The battle against Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo is failing because ordinary people do not trust health workers and an overly militarized resp...

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Trial of Viagra on pregnant women stopped after 11 babies die

By CNN,

Dutch researchers stopped a clinical trial due to the deaths of 11 babies from a lung disease after their mothers were treated with the drug sildenafi...

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Vaccine scandal in China sparks public outcry

By VOA,

China has vowed to tighten its regulation of locally-made vaccines to ensure their usefulness, after a recent scandal exposed regulatory loopholes. ...

china , Vaccine scandal

Death Shift: The Texas infant murders of Nurse Genene Jones

By Agencies,

Nothing is more shocking—or difficult to prove—than the notion of a nurse deliberately harming children. Yet inside the pediatric intensive care u...

crime stories , nurse genene jones , texas

French drug trial leaves one person brain dead, five others injured

By Agencies,

One person has been left brain dead and five others are in a serious condition after taking part in a clinical trial in France of an experimental medi...

brain dead , drug , Drug trial , France

Bodaboda operators undergo test to confirm they’re not smelly

By Agencies,

So stiff is competition between Indonesia's motorcycle taxis app companies that new entrants are going to extreme lengths to stand out. Aris Wahyud...

bodaboda , Indonesia

Man sentenced to jail for blackmailing porn users

By Agencies,

A Swedish man was on Monday sentenced to two and a half years in jail for extortion after he attempted to blackmail thousands of porn site users by th...

africa , kenya , pornography , sex , sweden

US Military Doctor Suspended for Macabre Techniques

By Lisa Kamau,

Since retiring from the U.S. Army in 2000, Dr. John Henry Hagmann has helped train thousands of soldiers and medical personnel in how to treat battlef...

africa , health , kenya , medical ethics , United States

Jeremy Clarkson Suspended from BBC’s Top Gear

By Citizen,

Due to his suspension, BBC will not broadcast this Sunday’s episode. "Following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has bee...

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