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US: Mothers as 'trauma surgeons, 'the anguish of raising black boys in America
Raising black boys in America involves “constant mental anguish,” Danielle Pattillo, a special education teacher in New York City and...
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EXCLUSIVE: Johnson & Johnson drops skin-whitening creams
Johnson & Johnson has decided to stop selling skin-whitening creams that, have become very popular in Asia and the Middle East - the...
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Dangerous use of nitrous oxide by young people increases during lockdown
The drug has caused a total of 36 deaths in England and Wales since 2001.
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UK ditches COVID-19 tracing app to use Google-Apple model
The UK will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app.
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Nigeria: president rebukes security chiefs over worsening violence
Nigeria’s president criticised his heads of security yesterday for their handling of attacks across the north of the country and said...
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On World Refugee Day, Palestinians try to scrape by in Gaza
On the United Nations’ World Refugee Day on Saturday, Marwan Kuwaik, a 70-year-old Palestinian in Gaza, will be focused on trying to eke...
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Lack of diversity in research studies has serious consequences for science and medicine
Western bias in research limits scientists' understanding of the genetic and environmental factors influencing health and disease.
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UN: “Rohingya refugee camp has the highest risk of infection in the world”
Following the confirmation of the new coronavirus infection at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, the United Nations has determined...
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