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How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source
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COVID-19 vaccines: why it’s important you get your second dose
Vaccination is the safest way to gain immunity to the coronavirus, and with most COVID-19 vaccines, you need two doses…
A COVID-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one
Staff members work at a COVID-19 vaccine-producing plant of Sinovac in Beijing. Zhang Yuwei/Xinhua via Getty Klaus Meyer, Western University…
A child psychiatrist who knew those killed in the London terror attack offers advice on helping kids deal with trauma
Mourners gather at the site of the attack on a Muslim family in London, Ontario. After tragedy, there is no…
COVID-19 may never go away, but practical herd immunity is within reach
The level of immunity needed — either through vaccination or infection — for practical herd immunity is uncertain, but may…
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U.S. approves drug for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
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Interested in vaccine rollouts across Africa? Here's a map to guide you
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Build Your Immunity to Fight Covid: Turmeric, cinnamon, ginger and black pepper kadha
Here's a recipe of a kadha made with Indian spices - turmeric, cinnamon, ginger and black pepper - easily available…
Researchers unlock the secrets of fungal viruses: why it matters
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Uju Asumpta: Single motherhood, plight of children and the price of playing the ostrich
It is common knowledge that marriages are no longer what they used to be. ‘Baby Mamas’ or ‘Absentee Fathers’…
