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Africa: New Virus Uncovered in China – Is This a Sign Tick-Borne Diseases Are On the Rise?

[ad_1] Ticks are responsible for spreading over 25 human and animal diseases. While you may be familiar with some of these - such as Lyme disease - there are many others you've probably never heard of, including some that have been discovered only in the past few years, such as wetland virus. In a new case study, researchers in China have published details about wetland virus. It was first identified in 2019, after a patient bitten by a tick while […]

todayOctober 14, 2024 2

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Africa: ‘What Inspired Me Was to Provide Solutions to People’ – HIV Prevention Advocate Idah Mulala

[ad_1] Lima, Peru — Research has shown that social behavior change is a cost-effective tool in HIV prevention, particularly when combined with robust advocacy efforts. When young people are equipped with accurate knowledge and empowered to make informed decisions, they are more likely to engage in preventative behaviours, contributing to the broader goal of reducing HIV transmission affordably and sustainably. This approach also highlights the value of integrating community voices into research, ensuring that prevention methods are not only scientifically […]

todayOctober 11, 2024 1

Africa

Africa: Time to Embrace HIV Prevention Tools While We Wait For The Cure

[ad_1] Lima, Peru — allAfrica's Sethi Ncube is in Lima, Peru, for the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, HIVR4P 2024, reporting from the only global scientific conference focused on the challenging and fast-growing field of HIV prevention research. Here Ncube shares her thoughts on HIV cure vs prevention... The global fight against the HIV epidemic has witnessed great progress over the past decades. However, there’s one harsh truth scientists are reminding us of at the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P […]

todayOctober 10, 2024 1

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Africa: One of Science’s Greatest Achievements – How the Rapid Development of Covid Vaccines Prepares Us for Future Pandemics

[ad_1] Since COVID was first reported in December 2019, there have been more than 775 million recorded infections and more than 7 million deaths from the disease. This makes COVID the seventh-deadliest pandemic in recorded history. Factors including climate change, disruption of animal habitats, poverty and global travel mean we're only likely to see more pandemics in the future. It's impossible to predict exactly when the next pandemic will happen, or what it will be. But experts around the world […]

todayOctober 9, 2024 1

Africa

Africa: A Geomagnetic Storm Has Hit Earth – a Space Scientist Explains What Causes Them

[ad_1] A geomagnetic storm lit up the night sky in parts of the US during the first weekend in October. South Africa's National Space Agency (Sansa) told reporters that the storm had originated from a solar flare "that erupted from sunspot 3842 on October 3". It said this was the strongest Earth-facing solar flare recorded by Sansa in the past seven years and that the eruption briefly affected high-frequency radio communications, "resulting in a total radio blackout over the African […]

todayOctober 8, 2024 3

Africa

Africa’s Researchers Playing Crucial Role in Advancing HIV Prevention #HIVR4P2024

[ad_1] Lima, Peru — Africa is contributing to groundbreaking data from the PURPOSE 2 study, which explores twice-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention. This study, with participants from South Africa and Uganda , is one of the scientific highlights showcased at the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, better known as HIVR4P 2024, in Lima, Peru. A key development is the promising results from the PURPOSE 1 study, which demonstrated that lenacapavir, a biannual HIV prevention injectable, reduced HIV acquisitions by […]

todayOctober 8, 2024 1

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Africa: Advances in PrEP Options and HIV Vaccine Research Unveiled at HIVR4P 2024, the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference

[ad_1] Lima, Peru — New data from the PURPOSE 2 study of twice-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention are among the scientific highlights at HIVR4P 2024, the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, taking place in Lima, Peru, and virtually from 6 to 10 October. At the official HIVR4P 2024 press conference today, PURPOSE 2 principal investigator Colleen Kelley of Emory University announced new efficacy, safety and demographic data from the trial, in which only two HIV acquisitions occurred among 2,184 […]

todayOctober 8, 2024 1

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Africa: Nasa Is Launching a Major Mission to Look for Habitable Spots On Jupiter’s Moon Europa

[ad_1] On October 10, NASA is launching a hotly anticipated new mission to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, Europa. Called Europa Clipper, the spacecraft will conduct a detailed study of the moon, looking for potential places where Europa might host alien life. It's the largest planetary exploration spacecraft NASA has ever made: as wide as a basketball court when its solar sails are unfolded. It has a mass of about 6,000 kilograms - the weight of a large African elephant. But why […]

todayOctober 7, 2024 2

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Africa: Is Big Tech Harming Society? to Find Out, We Need Research – but It’s Being Manipulated By Big Tech Itself

[ad_1] For almost a decade, researchers have been gathering evidence that the social media platform Facebook disproportionately amplifies low-quality content and misinformation. So it was something of a surprise when in 2023 the journal Science published a study that found Facebook's algorithms were not major drivers of misinformation during the 2020 United States election. This study was funded by Facebook's parent company, Meta. Several Meta employees were also part of the authorship team. It attracted extensive media coverage. It was […]

todayOctober 7, 2024 2

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