By Eldon Opiyo A microbe that is transmitted between male and female mosquitoes but can also block reproduction could be key to controlling malaria by targeting its release into mosquito populations, a study says. The study published in Frontiers in Microbiology found that the microbe called Microsporidia MB can pass from one mosquito to another as they mate. It […]
Nowadays everything we do, everything we eat is filtered through the health-craze lens. Is it healthy? Could it be healthier? Who certified it as being healthy? More often than not, walking between the produce aisles of supermarkets may now result in bouts of confusion, plenty of questions and numerous raised eyebrows. For example, there are […]
Guinea on Thursday questioned the diagnosis made by Côte d’Ivoire on a young Guinean woman who recently tested positive for Ebola in Abidjan, with Ivorian authorities saying they had no “doubts”. The Guinean Minister of Health, Remy Lamah on Thursday demanded that Côte d’Ivoire carry out a new analysis. He also stressed in the letter […]
Since mid-August, Niger is facing a cholera epidemic due to floods caused by heavy rains recorded in the country. More than 800 cases have been recorded across the West African country including in the capital Niamey. According to the Nigerien Minister of Health, Dr. Idi Illiassou Mainassanara, this situation has prompted the health system to […]
Forty-nine cases of people having been in contact with a young Guinean woman who tested positive for the Ebola virus in Abidjan, have been identified so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. The young Guinean woman had left the town of Labé in Guinea last week to travel to the Ivorian economic capital, […]
