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Stress From Work, Finances Greatly Increases Risk Of Heart Attack, Study Reveals

People with high financial stress are 13 times more likely to suffer a heart attack, while the odds are nearly six times greater for people dealing with work stress, a new study finds. To conduct their study, Researchers at the...

Black Women at High Risk of Getting Cancer by Using Hair Dyes and Relaxers – Study Reveals

A new study has found some rather disturbing links between hair dyes, relaxers and breast cancer in black women. According to the research published by the Journal of Cancer, hair dyes and chemical straighteners have hormone-disrupting compounds and carcinogens which...

A Proposed New UK Visa Could Attract More Nigerian Doctors and Nurses

The UK Government has announced that it intends to create a fast-track route for migrants in the health service. Immigration consultants Breytenbachs said that the new fast-track visa has been dubbed the ‘NHS visa’ as it aims to attract more...

#WorldAidsDay: Seven African Celebrities We Lost to HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS remains a major public health concern and the main cause of death in the world despite efforts to control the disease. What is also worrying is that since the epidemic’s beginning, Africans have been disproportionately affected by the disease...

WHO Approves Ervebo, the World’s First Ebola Vaccine

The world's first Ebola vaccine has been approved, a critical move that opens the door for its use in African countries at high risk for the infectious disease. The drug called, Ervebo and manufactured by MERCK pharmaceuticals had until now...

15 Year Olds Could Soon Access Contraceptives in Rwanda

After years of debate, the Government of Rwanda is revising a law that will see the age at which one can legally access family planning methods lowered from 18 to 15 years, The New Times can exclusively reveal. Article 7...

Shorter People Have a Higher Risk of Developing Diabetes Says Study

Shorter people are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study published Tuesday. Each additional 10 centimetres in height translates into a 41 percent smaller chance of contracting the disease in men and a 33 percent...

There’s No Such Thing As ‘Gay Gene, Study Funds

A large scientific study into the biological basis of sexual behavior has confirmed there is no single “gay gene” but that a complex mix of genetics and environment affects whether a person has same-sex sexual partners. The research, conducted at...

Ebola Virus is no Longer Incurable, Congo trial Reports Over 90 Percent Success

The ongoing Ebola epidemic in Central Africa is the second worst outbreak of the virus in human history. First appearing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2018, the virus has proved difficult to contain due to continuing...

South Africans Named Among Top Alcohol Drinkers Globally – WHO

Data released recently by the World Health Organization shows that South African consumers of alcohol are some of the heaviest drinkers in the world, despite relatively high levels of abstinence in the population. The WHO’s most recent data tracked levels...
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Lucy Terry: The Author of the Oldest Known Work of Literature by an African American

Terry was a gifted storyteller, orator, and poet, renowned for being the author of “Bars Fight” (1746), the oldest...
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