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'Magic Mushroom' Chemical Eases Cancer Patients' Despair

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Can Extra Time Outdoors When Young Reduce Nearsightedness?

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NIH Statement on World AIDS Day 2016

This year, the world marked the 35th anniversary of the first published reports of what would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. This disease has wrought enormous suffering and devastation and caused more than 35 million deaths. Yet today, thanks to...

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New HIV infections among adolescents projected to rise by nearly 60 per cent by 2030 if progress stalls – UNICEF

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A Mothers 2 Mothers health worker at Mitundu Community Hospital in Malawi holds a baby who was tested and found not to have...

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First Case of Zika-Linked Glaucoma Diagnosed in Infant

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Aerobic Exercise May Help Guard Against Dementia

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Kidney Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Early Trial

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Almost half of Mosul’s children cut off from clean water as fighting intensifies - UNICEF

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On 15 November, a young girl from Mosul takes water from a tap stand at a UNICEF-supported Temporary Learning Space in Hassan Sham...

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Lack of Sleep Takes Big Bite Out of World Economies

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WHO issues new guidance on HIV self-testing ahead of World AIDS Day

In advance of World AIDS Day, WHO has released new guidelines on HIV self-testing to improve access to and uptake of HIV diagnosis.

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