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HIV-Positive For 20-Plus Years and ‘One Of The Lucky Ones’

By Linda Villarosa Special to NNPA from The Black AIDS Institute MELBOURNE, Australia – Steven Watiti was diagnosed with HIV in 1993. His wife was pregnant...

With Over 1,000 Infected, Can the Ebola Virus Be Stopped?

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Global Information Network (TriceEdneyWire.com) – As an Ebola epidemic sweeps relentlessly across West African borders, with the...

Strip Mines, Pollution And De-foresting Linked To Ebola’s Deadly Spread

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Global Information Network (Trice Edney Wire) – Pits in the ground from mining, forests stripped of trees,...

Study Says Funding Cuts Spirred Ebola In West Africa

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Global Information Network (Trice Edney Wire) - Spending cuts, pushed by an international lender, “weakened health care...

Zika Was In Haiti Before Exploding In Brazil

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from North Star News (Trice Edney Wire) - The Zika virus was present in Haiti several months before...

Doubts Raised About Highly-Praised Malaria Vaccine Headed For Africa

(Trice Edney Wire/GIN) – With much fanfare, the world's first injectable vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries - Ghana, Kenya and...

Refugee Olympic Team: Where Are They Now?

By Henry Young CNN (CNN) -- They came, they saw, their stories inspired the world. Ten athletes — victims of unimaginable hardship, forced to leave their homes...

Baby Milk Powder Could Have Been Infected With Salmonella For 13 Years

By Euan McKirdy, CNN (CNN) -- French dairy giant Lactalis said baby milk products produced at its Craon factory could have been contaminated with salmonella...

Kenyan Airways Suspends Flights To China Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

By Bukola Adebayo and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) -- Kenya Airways has suspended flights to and from China until further notice in light of the...

Toyota Won’t Reopen China Plants For At Least Another Week As Coronavirus Shows Little...

By Sherisse Pham, CNN Business (CNN) -- Japanese carmaker Toyota is keeping its China plants closed for at least another week as the coronavirus outbreak...

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