One in three oral cancers linked to smokeless tobacco products like snus
Up to a third of all oral cancer cases worldwide are linked to chewing, sucking and sniffing tobacco…
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Major mpox vaccination drive set to begin as virus spreads in DRC capital
International spread But while the virus in Kinshasa ups the stakes, clade 1b has already seeped across international…
Marburg vaccines rushed to Rwanda to protect healthcare workers battling outbreak
Marburg vaccines are set to arrive in Rwanda in the coming days to help protect healthcare workers fighting…
A boom in botched surgery is leaving women incontinent
On the ward in Dharan, Sukra’s daughter still can’t work out why better safeguards aren’t already in place.…
Bird flu kills 47 tigers, three lions and a panther at Vietnamese zoos
On a global scale, experts are especially concerned about the seemingly unstoppable outbreak of bird flu in cattle…
Hamburg train station platforms closed over suspected Marburg cases
Parts of Hamburg’s main train station were cordoned off on Wednesday afternoon over two train passengers suspected of…
Scientists race to investigate possible human transmission of H5N1 in US outbreak
Seven people fell ill with flu-like symptoms after contact with someone infected with H5N1, raising fears that the…
Rwanda restricts funeral crowds and bans hospital visits to fight spread of Ebola-like virus
Experts said Rwanda’s acknowledgement that the country had already found cases in seven different districts raised the prospect…