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South Africa

Cervical Cancer Elimination Programme to be launched this week

Today at 15:05 PM, via SAnews

Cervical Cancer Elimination Programme to be launched this week

The Cervical Cancer Elimination Programme will be launched later this week at the Moletsane Sports Complex in Soweto.

South Africa records with some 5 700 cases of cervical cancer each year while 3000 women die from cervical cancer-related complications.

However, with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination, regular...

World

Rescuers help Timmy, a stranded whale, return home

Today at 10:41 AM, via NPR

Rescuers defy warnings as the stranded “Humpback Hope,” also known in German media as Timmy, is carried by barge into the North Sea, racing against time to save her.

Africa

Athletics won’t strangle super-shoe innovation – Coe

Friday at 20:20 PM, via BBC News

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says current rules are “on the right side” when it comes to shoe technology, following Sabastian Sawe’s record-breaking time at the London Marathon.

Business

New threat to schools in South Africa

Today at 16:18 PM, via BusinessTech

Results from a recent Schools Water Testing Project have revealed major concerns about water quality in South Africa.

Business

Rand under pressure

Today at 15:02 PM, via BusinessTech

The South African rand has come under pressure in the new week as markets digest the latest signals from the United States Federal Reserve, and the Iran War continues to bite.

Education

Nigeria: Ehcon, NBTE Partnership Achieves Reform in Environmental Health Education

Today at 14:46 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] The Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON) in collaboration with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has announced the unbundling of the existing Higher National Diploma (HND) programme from four National Diploma (ND) programmes into 14 specialised, skills-based areas in environmental health and public health across Colleges of Health Sciences and...

Science/Tech

Man produces sperm from testicular tissue frozen as a child in breakthrough trial

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Sperm re-transplant offers hope that boys left infertile by chemotherapy could have biological children one day

In a groundbreaking fertility trial, a man whose testicular tissue was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy as a child to be re-transplanted 16 years later has been able to produce sperm.

It is the first time a transplant of cryopreserved prepubertal testicular tissue...

Health

How can you improve your balance?

Today at 12:55 PM, via BBC News

Chris and Xand continue their conversation with physiotherapist and vestibular rehabilitation specialist, Maggie Stacey.

Health

A Medical Examiner Chases Down an Elusive Killer

Today at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly identify the most lethal.