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Medical staff working with Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) prepare to bring food to patients kept in an isolation area at the MSF Ebola treatment centre in Kailahun July 20, 2014. REUTERS/Tommy Trenchard

Ebola Strikes West Africa Again – Key Questions

Mosoka Fallah 24/02/2021

The current outbreak in Guinea is due to the...

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Tracking the Atlantic El Niño to Improve Atlantic Weather Predictions

Hyacinth C. Nnamchi 22/02/2021

Atlantic El Niño is linked to floods in coastal...

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghaziabad

COVID-19: When a Contagion Comes, Women Bear a Heavy Burden

Gayathri Vaidyanathan 10/08/2020

Two thirds and three quarters of infections in health...

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Chimpanzees Spotted Smashing Open and Eating Tortoises for the First Time

Lydia Luncz, Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart 24/05/2019

The discovery sheds light on how early humans developed...

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Why Ebola Is Proving Hard to Beat in the DRC

Connor Bamford 21/12/2018

Instability in the DRC and Ebola's deadly properties is...

Seventeen Deaths Reported in Congo as Ebola Outbreak Confirmed

Seventeen Deaths Reported in Congo as Ebola Outbreak Confirmed

Reuters 09/05/2018

The worst Ebola epidemic in history ended in West...

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US Media Spoke More About Harvey Than Floods Elsewhere – but So Did Media Elsewhere

Anushka Shah 03/10/2017

Our news is shaped by geographical and cultural proximity,...