With nearly 1,000 doctors on standby, Olympic organisers are taking no chances with athletes’ health. But which health issues are at stake during the Games? From fasting, prosthetic limbs to sex before competition, we’ve got it all covered in this special edition of the show from London.
A new outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda has brought back terrifying memories, but authorities say they have the problem under control. Meanwhile, NGOs ask for help as mortality rates rise in South Sudan's refugee camps. Finally, Rwanda uses unpopular tactics towards its thousands of orphans from the 1994 genocide.
In an effort to contain a lethal Ebola outbreak in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni made a public announcement Monday advising people to avoid basic bodily contact such as shaking hands to limit exposure to the virus, which has already killed 14.
Ugandan health officials and a spokesperson from the World Health Organization confirmed on Saturday an Ebola virus outbreak in the country which has so far killed 14 people. There is currently no cure or vaccine for the disease.
Drug-resistant HIV is on the rise in eastern and southern Africa, which could jeopardise a decade-long trend of decreasing AIDS-related illnesses and death, according to a report published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet.
80% of cases of blindness are said to be avoidable or curable, thanks to recent medical and technological progress. This week we check out the latest innovations helping people to see.
FRENCH PAPERS, Tues. 17/07/12: Le Parisien covers an exclusive report that has established a probable link between France's nuclear testing in the '60s and certain cases of cancer. Meanwhile, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici talks to Le Monde about the challenges facing the government. And Libération publishes controversial police recordings from the Mohamed Merah siege in Toulouse.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Truvada for use to help prevent HIV infection in high-risk groups. Clinical trials have shown the pill can lower the risk of infection in gay men by 44 to 73%.
Addicted to smoking, gambling, or sex... old habits die hard. Today, there’s a new generation of dependencies: clubbing drugs, mobile phones... Some of these addictions require new solutions.
India is the world’s largest manufacturer of generic medicines. But a Supreme Court decision could upend the industry, the result of a long legal battle between a giant pharmaceutical company and advocates of generic drugs. What would the consequences be for millions of sick people around the world?
