South African study transforms global TB treatment

Tuberculosis remains a critical public health issue in many countries and is a leading cause of death in South Africa

AI enhances maternal health care in Kenya, experts say

Nairobi, Kenya — University students are developing technology that incorporates artificial intelligence to help reduce the maternal mortality rate in Kenya

Faraway black hole unleashes record-setting energetic jets

washington — Two mighty beams of energy have been detected shooting in opposite directions from a supermassive black hole inside a distant galaxy — the largest such jets ever spotted, extending about 140 times the diameter of our vast Milky Way galax[..]

Climate week talks to include critical minerals and seabed mining debate

Washington — When activists, policymakers and representatives from across the globe gather next week in New York to participate in climate week, one pressing issue on the agenda that is less frequently discussed and known will be the environmental im[..]

Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition, says Gates

LONDON — Malnutrition is the world's worst child health crisis and climate change will only make things more severe, according to Microsoft-co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates

COP29 leaders unveil climate funding and energy storage goals

LONDON — Less than two months ahead of the COP29 United Nations Climate Summit, the Azerbaijani leadership laid out its plans on Tuesday for what it hoped to achieve, as countries continue to wrestle with how to raise ambitions for a new financing ta[..]

Zimbabwe starts providing free treatment for women with obstetric fistula

Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's government has given in to pressure from rights groups and is now providing free treatment to women with obstetric fistula, a condition that makes it hard for mothers who went through difficult labor to control their b[..]

Authorities install air quality Monitors around Nairobi

Authorities in Nairobi are trying to tackle the Kenyan capital’s chronic and worsening air pollution

WHO flags limited mpox testing in epicenter DRC

Geneva, Switzerland — Limited capacity is keeping mpox testing coverage low in the DR Congo — the epicenter of the international emergency — the World Health Organization said Saturday in its latest situation report

Traveling 'health train' has become essential source of free care in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG — Thethiwe Mahlangu woke early on a chilly morning and walked through her busy South African township, where minibuses hooted to pick up commuters and smoke from sidewalk breakfast stalls hung in the air

Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA's moonwalkers

Brazil's Lula pledges to finish paving road experts say could worsen Amazon deforestation

brasilia — In a visit to see the damage caused by drought and fire in the Amazon, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to pave a road that environmentalists and some in his own government say threatens to vastly increase destruction of the wor[..]

Botswana, US firm partner to conduct border pathogen monitoring

Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana and an American biotech firm, Ginkgo Bioworks, have partnered to conduct pathogen surveillance at the country’s entry points

Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A tech billionaire performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of kilometers above Earth on Thursday, a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts — until now

Soyuz craft heads to space station with 2 Russians, 1 American

MOSCOW — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American blasted off Wednesday for an express trip to the International Space Station