Infected blood scandal: Children were used as ‘guinea pigs’ in clinical trials
They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found. Source link
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Hallucinations, thirst and desperation: How Senegalese migrants endured 36 days at sea
Senegal The voyage from the struggling Senegalese fishing town of Fass Boye to Spain’s Canary Islands, a gateway to the European Union where they hoped to find work, was supposed to take a week. But the wooden boat carrying 101 men and boys was getting blown further and further away from its destination. No land … Read more
With focus on Pacific, Indian warships make port call at Papua New Guinea
INS Sahyadri is the third ship of the indigenously designed and built Project-17 class multirole stealth frigates and is commanded by Capt. Rajan Kapoor while INS Kolkata is the first ship of the indigenously designed and built Project-15A class destroyers and is commanded by Capt. Sharad Sinsunwal. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement With increasing focus … Read more
PM Modi underlines importance of free and open Indo-Pacific at FIPIC summit in Papua New Guinea
Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his opening remarks during Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation at APEC Haus in Port Moresby on May 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 22 underlined the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific for the Pacific island nations and said the Quad is working … Read more
Death Reported From Ebola-Like Marburg Virus in West Africa
Aug. 13, 2021 — A virus known as “Ebola’s deadly cousin” has been spotted for the first time in West Africa. The Marburg virus, which causes a severe disease that is in the same virus family that causes Ebola, has been identified in southwest Guinea near the borders of Sierra Leone and Liberia, according … Read more
Guinea confirms 3 dead from Ebola, first cases since 2016
CONAKRY: Health officials in Guinea on Sunday confirmed that at least three people have died from Ebola there, the first cases declared since it was one of three West African nations to fight the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic that ended five years ago. An additional four people are confirmed with Ebola, according to a statement … Read more