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Has Australia really had 60,000 undiagnosed COVID-19 cases?
A preliminary study, posted online this week by researchers at the Australian National University and elsewhere, estimates 71,000 Australians had…
Why access to decent toilets could help reduce sexual violence in South Africa
Many women in South Africa still don’t have access to safe toilets. Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images Andrew Gibbs, South…
The mystery of the Black couple who gave birth to a white baby
In 2010 when white baby Nmachi Ihegboro with blonde hair and blue eyes was born to a Black couple in Britain with…
Who will get the coronavirus vaccine first? We need to plan now
In the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, a lot of attention has been paid to the types of vaccines…
PREMIUM TIMES uncovers massive referral kickback scam of Nigerian doctors, hospitals, diagnostic centres
A PREMIUM TIMES investigation has exposed a massive referral kickback scheme showing how the country’s top diagnostic service providers, medical doctors and…
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Health data collected during the coronavirus pandemic needs to be managed responsibly
Managing large datasets of sensitive health information requires accountability. (Shutterstock) P. Alison Paprica, University of Toronto; Adrian Thorogood, McGill University;…
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Can you catch COVID-19 from your neighbor’s toilet?
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