Nurse suspended over selfie in labour ward

By Reuters,

A nurse in Malawi has been suspended after her selfie in a labour ward showing a naked pregnant woman in the background surfaced online. Patricia M...

Blantyre city , Malango , Ndirande Health Center , Patricia Malichi

Croatia midfielder Rakitic out of England Nations League game

By Reuters,

Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic will miss the winner-takes-all Nations League game against England at Wembley on Sunday due to injury, manager Zlatko ...

Croatia , England , Nations League game , Rakitic , UEFA Nations League game , Wembley , Zlatko Dalic

Sudanese-American Mohamed Seifeldein elected to US public office

By VOA,

The number of Sudanese-Americans holding elected public office in the United States has doubled – there are now two. Mohamed Seifeldein won a cit...

Women in Northern Ireland to get access to abortion services in Republic

By CNN,

Women and girls in Northern Ireland will receive access to abortion services in the Republic of Ireland as of next year, Irish Health Minister Simon H...

Amnesty UK , Irish Health Minister Simon Harris , UK House of Commons

Fake Drugs Kill Tens of Thousands in Africa Each Year

By VOA,

When Moustapha Dieng came down with stomach pains one day last month he did the sensible thing and went to a doctor in his hometown of Ouagadougou, Bu...

Abderrahmane Chakibi , E.U.-funded report , World Health Organization (WHO).

C-section births rise rapidly to more than 20 percent worldwide

By Reuters,

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

Japan’s youth suicide rate highest in 30 years

By CNN,

More Japanese children and teenagers killed themselves between 2016 and 2017 than in any year since 1986, according to a new government report. The l...

JAPAN , Youth suicide

Where does fat go when you lose weight?

By CNN,

The most common misconception by far, was that fat is converted to energy. The problem with this theory is that it violates the law of conservation of...

alcohol , CARBON DIOXIDE , energy , fat , health , muscle , obesity , protein , sweat , Urine , water , WEIGHT , weight loss

Sucking your baby’s pacifier might protect them from allergies, study says

By CNN,

Your baby's pacifier falls on the floor. Before giving it back to your child, do you wash it in a sink or, perhaps reluctantly, clean it with your own...

American College of Allergy , Dr. Andrew MacGinnitie , Dr. Eliane Abou-Jaoude , Henry Ford Health System in Detroit

Is nail polish toxin-free? New study reveals otherwise

By Reuters,

Although nail polish manufacturers have begun removing some toxic ingredients, their labels are not always accurate and the reformulated products aren...

Nail polish

The fruits and veggies that could poison you

By CNN,

Ther are some fruits and veges around the world that are natural-born killers. Here are some of the examples. Unripe lychees contain toxins that ca...

cassava , fruits , lychee , poison , potato , red kidney bean , sugarcane , VEGETABLES

Obesity, low BMI linked to increased risk of death, study reveals

By CNN,

Excessively high or low body mass index (BMI) measurements have been linked to an increased risk of dying from nearly every major cause except transpo...

BMI , cancer , obesity

Wonder working properties of coconut oil

By Faith Chepng'eno,

Coconut oil has proven to be a healthy, most versatile of naturally occurring oils which contains a myriad of medicinal wonder-working properties. ...

Coconut oil , wonder working properties of coconut oil

Marsabit Governor Mohamud Ali reshuffles Cabinet

By Ruth Leonorah,

Marsabit County Governor Mohamud Ali on Friday announced changes to the County Executive Committee members and Chief Officers in a bid to enhance effi...

Abdullahi Barako , Marsabit County Governor Mohamud Ali

IOC faces 2026 Winter Games conundrum as cities flee

By Reuters,

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is facing its most serious bidding crisis in decades as cities drop out of the 2026 Winter Games bid race en...

2026 Winter Games , International Olympic Committee (IOC) , IOC , Winter games

Mukhtar Omar, businessman accused of repackaging expired diapers charged

By Agnes Oloo,

A businessman accused of repackaging expired baby diapers was on Friday arraigned and charged with three counts related to offering sale of substandar...

diapers , Ezee baby diapers , Mukhtar Rehemtula Omar

19-year-old dies after inhaling deodorant spray to get high

By CNN,

A 19-year-old died after inhaling deodorant spray to get high, according to a new case report, and doctors who treated the man in the Netherlands are...

antipsychotic drugs , inhaling deodorants , UK

Lawsuit: ‘Predatory’ Dartmouth College professors plied students with alcohol and raped them

By CNN,

Three former Dartmouth College professors turned the school's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences into a "21st Century Animal House," where...

Dartmouth College , New Hampshire institution , Paul Whalen , Title IX , Todd Heatherton , William Kelley

Costa Rica’s same-sex couples can marry in 2020

By Reuters,

Same-sex couples in Costa Rica will have the right to get married by mid-2020, the nation’s constitutional court has ruled, a first for socially con...

CIEP , Enrique Sanchez , President Carlos Alvarado Quesada , San Jose-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights

California judge orders next Monsanto weed-killer cancer trial for March

By Reuters,

A California judge on Thursday granted an expedited trial in the case of a California couple suffering from cancer who sued Bayer AG’s  Monsanto un...

Bayer AG’s  Monsanto , cancer , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , who