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Herbs and hope in HIV crisis
IN a sunlit shack on the outskirts of Lesotho's capital Maseru, 34-year-old Lieketseng Lucia Tjatji sits under a black cloth ...
"Don't Want To Die": Lesotho HIV Patients Look To Traditional Medicine
In a sunlit shack on the outskirts of Lesotho's capital Maseru, 34-year-old Lieketseng Lucia Tjatji sits under a black cloth pegged to a tin wall and emblazoned with the head of a lion.
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Activists pile 200 coffins outside State Department to protest cuts to global AIDS relief
Cuts to PEPFAR, the country’s emergency plan for HIV and AIDS relief, have resulted in an estimated 40,000 deaths overseas, ...
Chief medical officer Mary Horgan: ‘People often forget how bad infections were; our memories sometimes are short’
Prof Horgan’s predecessor as CMO, Prof Breda Smyth, resigned from the role after 18 months. Before her resignation, she ...
New study finds household plastics linked to heart disease deaths worldwide
Household plastics -- found in water bottles, food packaging, shampoos and toys -- could be contributing to hundreds of ...
'My dad campaigned for justice for decades – now it's my turn'
Teacher David Edwards was infected with HIV as well as hepatitis B and C and campaigned for justice throughout his life ...
After pot amendment failure, Curaleaf opens hemp-only store for anyone 21 and over
So the campaign to make recreational weed legal in Florida failed. What do you do? If you are Curaleaf, you open a hemp-only ...
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New study finds household plastics linked to heart disease deaths worldwide
"Never put plastic containers in the microwave or dishwasher ... than women to die from high blood pressure, diabetes and HIV/AIDS, after shrugging off medical care for the conditions, a new ...