Ebola outbreak in Central Africa will be hard to contain, experts say
An Ebola epidemic in Central Africa has been declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO). As of May...
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Ontario tests possible Ebola case after East Africa travel, no confirmations
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario health officials say a patient is being assessed in hospital for possible infectious diseases, including Ebola...
‘We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep human past’: Malaria influenced early humans’ migrations across Africa, study suggests
The risk of malaria influenced where prehistoric people lived in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study suggests. The research is the first to link early human...
18 million-year-old fossils of ape found in Africa, but in an unexpected place
An illustration of Masripithecus moghraensis, an early Miocene ape. (Image credit: Mauricio Antón) The discovery of an enigmatic ape’s 18 million year-old fossils in Egypt...