30 Nov 2018

One-third of migrants in caravan are being treated for health issues, Tijuana health official says

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Migrants who came with the caravan are suffering from respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox and other serious health issues, Tijuana’s Health Department warned on Thursday morning. The spokesman told Fox News that out of 6,000 migrants currently residing in the city, … Read More
30 Nov 2018

China orders halt to research on gene-editing in response to scandal

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He Jiankui spoke at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong on November 28. China News Service Chinese authorities on Thursday ordered a halt to all research activities by scientists caught up in gene-edited babies scandal. The … Read More
11 Jun 2018

Russia’s HIV/AIDS epidemic is getting worse, not better

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In 2015, a dermatologist in Russia’s fourth largest city, Yekaterinburg, diagnosed Katia with herpes. “I had no idea what it was,” says Katia, who asked that her last name not be used. But because she had suffered repeated illnesses over … Read More