Health and Science

AIDS HealthCare Foundation (AHF) says it has distributed more than 129,000 free condoms at the just concluded Expo held at Gikondo grounds in Kigali City. Of these, more than 129,000 were provided with condoms, including 85% of men and 15% of women. The condoms distributed to the fair were part…

People who contract a breakthrough infection after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine may acquire a “super immunity” to the virus, researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University found. A study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, revealed antibodies in blood samples of those with breakthrough…

Years ago, people with HIV did need to take a lot of pills. Now, most people starting on HIV treatment take one to four pills daily. You may be able to take medicines that combine two or three drugs in a single pill. The amount of pills that people living…

Can we toilet train cattle? Would we want to? The answer to both of these questions is yes – and doing so could help us address issues of water contamination and climate change. Cattle urine is high in nitrogen, and this contributes to a range of environmental problems. When cows are kept mainly…

Big decisions around COVID-19 and children have been heavy on politics and short on science. New large-scale studies are changing that. IN THE MIDST of the worst surge of COVID-19 cases in the United States, many state and local officials are again wrestling with the hot-button issue of whether to shut…