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Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses
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Artificial Intelligence used to design brand new viruses

Scientists made 16 successful viruses that had their genetic code designed by artificial intelligence.

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South Africa: Media Statement – Social Services Committee Engages the South African National Aids Council
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South Africa: Media Statement – Social Services Committee Engages the South African National Aids Council

[Parliament of South Africa] The Select Committee on Social Services has called for coordinated, adequately funded action to…

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Uganda: UPC's Akena Calls for Livestock Revival to Tackle Child Malnutrition in Northern Uganda
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Uganda: UPC's Akena Calls for Livestock Revival to Tackle Child Malnutrition in Northern Uganda

[Nile Post] Uganda People's Congress (UPC) President Jimmy Akena has attributed persistent child malnutrition and stunting in northern…

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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Cases Near 4,000 As DR Congo Struggles to Contain Fast-Spreading Outbreak
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Cases Near 4,000 As DR Congo Struggles to Contain Fast-Spreading Outbreak

[RFI] The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic ⁠of Congo is spreading faster than efforts to fight it,…

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South Africa: Hunger Is Driving KZN Women to Recycle for Food
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South Africa: Hunger Is Driving KZN Women to Recycle for Food

[Health-e] Five-year-old hands grip a small yellow hammer, crushing aluminium cans outside a small house in Embo, west…

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NHS must plan for heatwaves like it does for winter, health secretary says
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NHS must plan for heatwaves like it does for winter, health secretary says

The warning comes after the NHS sees a surge in patients and problems with equipment in high temperatures.

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Tanzania: Ending FGM Begins With Communities
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Tanzania: Ending FGM Begins With Communities

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- FOR generations, female genital mutilation (FGM) has been defended in some communities…

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Fighting the world's most deadly animal… in an unexpected way
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Fighting the world's most deadly animal… in an unexpected way

Mosquitoes aren't just annoying - they kill around 700,000 people a year via the diseases they spread. But…

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Fighting the world's most deadly animal… in an unexpected way
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Fighting the world's most deadly animal… in an unexpected way

Mosquitoes aren't just annoying - they kill around 700,000 people a year via the diseases they spread. But…

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Nigeria: UNFPA Partners Lagos, Gomed to Expand Reproductive Health Services for Nigerian Students
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Nigeria: UNFPA Partners Lagos, Gomed to Expand Reproductive Health Services for Nigerian Students

[Premium Times] Through the platform, students will have access to discounted health products and discreet delivery to campuses…

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