Gorillas and local healers may play a significant role in future medical breakthroughs, according to a recent study. Scientists in Gabon have discovered that wild gorillas consume certain medicinal plants that are also used by local healers. These plants may offer new treatments for drug-resistant infections. Self-Medicating Behaviour in Gorillas The study, published on September … Read more
Health officials in Thailand have confirmed a case of the version of mpox that led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency. The second instance of this deadlier version being reported outside Africa follows its recent detection in Sweden. Concerns about the virus’s wider spread are rising, particularly since this new version, … Read more
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent. Earlier this week, the Africa … Read more
