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Ever since the emergence of HIV, scientists have been trying in vain to develop an effective vaccine. There have been several different approaches to trying to crack the HIV vaccine code. One is an “empiric approach,” in which he explains you basically take a hypothesis and “try some things and see
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Hopes have been dashed an experimental vaccine could protect people against HIV, the virus that causes Aids. The National Institutes of Health has stopped its HVTN 702 trial, of more than 5,000 people in South Africa, as it found the jab did not prevent HIV. Experts expressed "deep disappointment" but added the
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Zimbabwe’s under-performing economy has resulted in countless societal problems chief among them moral decadence which results in under-aged children falling pregnant and seeking abortion services from illegal backyard facilities, 263Chat’s visit to Harare’s Epworth suburb has revealed. Epworth with a population of over 100 000 people is familiar with under-aged
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Government has assured the nation that it is prepared for the deadly Coronavirus which has far killed over 80 people in Asia. Addressing journalists after touring the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday Health Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said he was happy with the surveillance process put in place
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Since December, health authorities in China have been grappling with an outbreak of viral pneumonia that has sickened hundreds of people and killed 41 as of Friday. The disease is thought to be caused by a previously unknown type of coronavirus that may have first spread to humans from animals at a now-shuttered
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What we know so far The official death toll stands at 26 people, most of them in Hubei province in central China, but two people have died outside of that zone – one man just outside of Beijing, and the other in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, which borders Russia.At least 830
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Striking junior doctors will end a four-month strike after accepting an offer from a telecoms billionaire to pay them a monthly allowance of about $300 for six months, their union said on Thursday. The doctors went on strike on September 3 to protest against poor wages and a lack of adequate
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China’s deadly coronavirus may have the same death rate as Spanish flu, an expert has warned. Deaths from the new virus rose to 17 on Wednesday with hundreds of cases now confirmed, increasing fears of widespread contagion. The previously unknown flu-like coronavirus strain is believed to have emerged from an animal market
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The number of people infected with a new virus in China tripled over the weekend, with the outbreak spreading from Wuhan to other major cities. There are now more than 200 cases, mostly in Wuhan, though the respiratory illness has also been detected in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Three people have died.
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The proliferation of counterfeit medicines in Africa has become an emergency health crisis that can no longer be ignored, according to a UK charity. The Brazzaville Foundation will be meeting with seven African countries, in Togo, this week in a bid to tackle the issues. Congo, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, Ghana and
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