Category: Health and Science

One woman dies every 2 mins in pregnancy, childbirth: UN

Geneva (AFP) – A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth complications, despite maternal mortality rates dropping by a third in 20 years, the United Nations said Thursday. Rates fell significantly between 2000 and 2015 but largely stagnated…
Sea spiders can regrow body parts, not just limbs: study

Washington (AFP) – Sea spiders can regrow body parts after amputation and not just limbs, according to a study released on Monday that may pave the way for further scientific research into regeneration. “Nobody had expected this,” said Gerhard Scholtz…
Africa on its own’: Little help in epidemics- official

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Africa must plan to respond effectively to disease outbreaks without international help, a top public health official said Wednesday, warning that the continent of 1.3 billion people is “on its own” during pandemics. As assistance often…
3 physicists share Nobel Prize for work on quantum science

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists jointly won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their work on quantum information science that has significant applications, for example in the field of encryption. Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John F. Clauser…
Taskforce to battle snakes and scorpions season

Al_Yurea– KHARTOUM-(Reuters) – In Khartoum, specialists from Sudan’s Center for Poisonous Species Research are deployed at night in protective vests, gloves, and goggles to catch a snake that residents say has killed a cat, before it has a chance to…