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By Alpha B Kamara

This is a story about the challenges women and girls face in Sierra Leone, West africa.
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SARS-CoV-2 can cause type 1 diabetes by killing beta cells

SpecimenSep 13, 2021

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Monkeypox: public health advice for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
Jun 14, 202202:13
Stanchion fast-tracks JMMB’s Customer Experience and Fraud Initiatives
Jun 14, 202202:01
Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood
Apr 03, 202205:17
NIH launches program to offer molecular characterization of childhood cancers
Mar 28, 202205:02
South African faith leaders today signed a declaration to end modern slavery
Mar 23, 202202:02
Scientists pinpoint mechanisms associated with severe COVID-19 blood clotting
Feb 21, 202202:26
Researchers document third known case of HIV remission involving stem cell transplant
Feb 16, 202203:12
HarvestPlus, World Food Programme Release Joint Brief on Biofortification
Feb 12, 202201:50
Living near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas development is linked with an increased risk of early death
Feb 11, 202203:33
2021 Tied for 6th Warmest Year in Continued Trend, NASA Analysis Shows
Feb 11, 202202:32
Wikimedia Foundation Launches Wiki Unseen to improve information about Black culture and history on Wikipedia
Feb 11, 202203:18
Africa Calls for Urgent New Public Health Order
Jan 05, 202203:16
FDA Approves Long-Acting Injectable Drug for HIV Prevention
Jan 03, 202202:57
Investing 1 dollar per person per year could save 7 million lives in low- and lower-middle-income countries – WHO
Dec 14, 202104:13
WHO and St. Jude to dramatically increase global access to childhood cancer medicines
Dec 14, 202104:53
The Sun Could Be The Mystery Source of Earth’s Unexplained Water, Scientists Say
Dec 01, 202102:28
Women face hell in stone mining
Sep 29, 202101:44
UN chief: Window to avert devasting climate impacts ‘rapidly closing’
Sep 29, 202102:12
More affordable aquatic foods could prevent 166 million micronutrient deficiencies worldwide
Sep 29, 202102:18
Black women face three-fold increased risk of triple negative breast cancers
Sep 29, 202101:57
Africa CDC to launch Eastern Regional Co-ordination center
Sep 29, 202101:09
Children of cancer patients are too often excluded from the disease journey, research shows
Sep 29, 202104:20
Quitting smoking after lung cancer diagnosis may extend life without cancer recurrence
Sep 29, 202102:00
Likely cause of Alzheimer’s identified in new study
Sep 29, 202102:56
NIAID issues new awards to fund “pan-coronavirus” vaccines
Sep 28, 202102:39
NIH-funded study shows screening device accurately detects amblyopia (lazy eye)
Sep 28, 202104:44
Guinea: Coup Further Complicates Massacre Justice
Sep 28, 202104:60
FDA grants accelerated approval to mobocertinib for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations
Sep 26, 202102:02
Research provides new insight into fundamental workings of the immune system in response to therapy to treat skin cance
Sep 26, 202103:21
Therapy using dual immune system cells effectively controls neuroblastoma
Sep 24, 202103:56
Active Living After Cancer program improves physical functioning of breast cancer survivors
Sep 24, 202105:08
Infection hinders blood vessel repair following traumatic brain or cerebrovascular injuries
Sep 24, 202103:38
NIH-supported study suggests alternative to race-based kidney function calculations
Sep 24, 202104:06
Methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths nearly tripled between 2015 to 2019, NIH study finds
Sep 23, 202105:43
Paris climate deal could go up in smoke without action: Guterres
Sep 19, 202103:07
Study sheds light on link between colorectal cancer and diet high in red meat
Sep 19, 202101:09
ICC hosts Third Asia-Pacific Forum of The Hague
Sep 19, 202101:49
IMF Approves US$67.38 Million in Emergency Support to Equatorial Guinea to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic and Accidental Explosions
Sep 16, 202103:44
Sierra Leone: Vice President Launches National Early Warning and Response Mechanism Coordinating Center 
Sep 15, 202101:51
Disparities in opioid overdose deaths continue to worsen for Black people, study suggests
Sep 14, 202105:11
SARS-CoV-2 can cause type 1 diabetes by killing beta cells
Sep 13, 202101:37
Sierra Leone: President Bio Launches US$156 Million New Global Fund Grant to Strengthen Healthcare Systems, Boost COVID-19 Responses

Sierra Leone: President Bio Launches US$156 Million New Global Fund Grant to Strengthen Healthcare Systems, Boost COVID-19 Responses

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://specimen-news.com/2021/09/09/sierra-leone-president-bio-launches-us156-million-new-global-fund-grant-to-strengthen-healthcare-systems-boost-covid-19-responses/

Sep 09, 202103:54
Marijuana use at historic high among college-aged adults in 2020
Sep 09, 202107:07
Nutrient in plant-based foods may help lower heart disease risk
Sep 08, 202101:05
Too much belly fat, even for people with a healthy BMI, raises heart risks
Sep 03, 202104:02
Taskforce on COVID-19 says vaccine inequity driving a dangerous divergence in COVID-19 survival
Sep 03, 202102:40
WHO, Germany open hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence in Berlin
Sep 02, 202102:01
More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension
Sep 01, 202102:02
HIV Vaccine Candidate Does Not Sufficiently Protect Women Against HIV Infection
Sep 01, 202104:05
NIH study shows no significant benefit of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 outpatients with early symptoms
Aug 19, 202104:42