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Society14. January 2025
Smoking Outside Schools and Hospitals? Now a Big No-No!
Across England, the United Kingdom, smoking will be banned outside of certain outdoor areas like schools and hospitals to not only protect children and vulnerable people but to help curb the deadly habit among its population.
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Health Rwanda6. January 2025
Deadly Viral Outbreak Sees Impressive Decrease in New Cases
Two months after Rwanda’s first Marburg outbreak, the African country is delighted to share that the number of new cases has dramatically decreased, mostly due to a robust healthcare system that limited exposure to the virus.
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Health The World10. December 2024
Can Tiny Cells Become Their Own Historians?
A team of scientists is trying to get cells to record their evolution by having engineered cells insert distinctive genetic bits in their DNA that turn into distinctive bar codes, thus helping understand the trajectory of each cell over time.
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Health The World6. December 2024
We’re Winning the Battle Against Cervical Cancer
Four years after the launch of a global strategy to end cervical cancer, the vast majority of countries are putting in place concrete measures like human papillomavirus vaccination, HPV testing, and awareness campaigns that are paying off.