Health
Possible treatment for serious blood cancer
A single antibody could be the key to treating multiple myeloma, or cancer of the blood, currently without cure or long-term treatment. “We tested the antibody in various ways, including
My Pikin deaths: Nigerians jailed over poisoned baby drug
Two Nigerians have been sentenced to seven years in prison over the deaths of at least 80 children who took adulterated teething medicine. The officials from the company which made
Africa: Mastectomy Disclosure by Angelina Jolie May Help Reduce Stigma in Africa
By Cindy Shiner, In disclosing in the New York Times on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie also called attention to the many women
Africa’s Pharmaceutical Industry Faces Numerous Challenges
Marthe van der Wolf GABARONE, BOTSWANA — Providing Africans with affordable health care could be realized if pharmaceutical products were produced on the African continent. The continent faces many challenges
Malaria hope: Bacteria that make mosquitoes resistant
Researchers have found a strain of bacteria that can infect mosquitoes and make them resistant to the malaria parasite. The study, in the journal Science, showed the parasite struggled to
How Missionaries Are Changing Medicine
Ken Walker , Why we’ll see more impressive discoveries in the field. Mississippi pediatrician Hannah Gay has done something never accomplished before: She has apparently cured a baby born with
Ky. Passes Christian Health Care Ministry Law
The Kentucky General Assembly passed a law allowing a Christian-only healthcare plan to resume operations in the state. The Florida-based Medi-Share ministry was shut down last year after objections from
Kenya: Bishops Slam Catholics for Choice Condom ADs
By Wambui Ndonga: Nairobi — The Catholic Church is embroiled in yet another controversy after a group calling itself Catholics for Choice (CFC) put up billboards advocating for the use
3 Million Newborns Die Within First Month
by Joe DeCapua The humanitarian organization Save the Children has released its annual State of the World’s Mothers report. It says despite much progress being made in reducing maternal and child
Africa: Babies Dying Gets Me Where It Hurts
By Juanita Williams Johannesburg — “Eight thousand newborn babies will die during this conference.” That statement by Karen Bell, facilitator and journalist at the first Global Newborn Health Conference last
