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Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush – here’s the proof, captured by high-powered lasers
Aerosol plumes from commercial toilets can rise 5 feet above the bowl. John Crimaldi/Scientific Reports, CC BY-NC-ND John Crimaldi, University…
COVID hit companies hard. Why some kept their sustainability commitments, and others didn’t
Shutterstock Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town; Judy N. Muthuri, University of Nottingham, and Kenneth Amaeshi, The University of Edinburgh…
Breast cancer patients in South Africa are battling to maintain treatment because of high transport costs
Transport is the most common reason a patient doesn’t follow their treatment regimen. Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images…
TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong
Scientist analysis flasks of saliva of TB patients. Yanick Folly/AFP via Getty Images Effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been…
Forced mass abortions are a new and disturbing phenomenon in Nigeria
bmszealand/shutterstock Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria classifies abortion as illegal except under certain medical circumstances. A recent investigation…
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shutterstock. Kaushik Ramaiya, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for 41…
Why Big Tobacco’s attempts to rehabilitate its image are so dangerous
Big Tobacco is still alive and well, despite colossal worldwide efforts for tobacco control measures. (Shutterstock) Benoît Gomis, University of…
A dog parasite could help fight incurable cancers – what our immunotherapy research revealed
Identified in boxer dogs in 1984, the parasite Neospora caninum is harmless to humans, yet has been shown to be…
When monkeys use the forest as a pharmacy
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Experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows promise – but there are many hurdles still to overcome
Lightspring/Shutterstock Ritchie Williamson, University of Bradford and Stuart Dickens, University of Bradford The first drug that can slow the rate…
