Global blindness set to ‘triple by 2050’
The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next…
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Researchers model impact of vaccine campaigns on invasive Salmonella
In sub-Saharan Africa, invasive strains of non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) have been found to be a…
Disease-carrying mosquitoes are adapting. How researchers are racing, and stumbling, to keep up
In a rural town 175 miles west of the Indian Ocean, a group of young…
Scientists seek to map all human cells in vast atlas
We’ll discover new cell types, find how cells change across time during development, researcher says…
US health researchers launch Zika vaccine clinical trial
US government researchers said on Wednesday they have begun their first clinical trial of a…
African research must be spearheaded by Africans-experts
With statistics showing a less than 1% growth in research in the last decade, public…
Researchers to study child behavioural health
Researchers from Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and the USA have joined hands to develop…
Sex may spread Zika virus more often than researchers suspected
An outbreak of the Zika virus in the continental United States could begin any day…
Air pollution could increase risk of stillbirth, research suggests
There is ‘suggestive evidence’ for a link between air pollution and a heightened risk of…
Research boost creates more opportunities for African scientists
African research teams in Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal and Uganda have been awarded significant support…