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Feb 07 2025HEALTH

What Doctors Think About Treating Kids with Hepatitis C

You know what? There's a lot health care workers are not so sure about when it comes to treating young people with hepatitis C. We're talking about kids and teens living with this long-term illness. But wait, why's this important? The World Health Organization (WHO) is trying to update guid

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Feb 07 2025HEALTH

Battling Malaria: How Insecticide Treated Nets Are Working in Ghana

What if you could help save lives by understanding simple health tools used in communities? In the North Tongu District of Ghana, insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are being used to fight malaria, a big problem for kids under five. Let's dive in to see how well these nets are being used by the careg

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Feb 07 2025BUSINESS

Sun Country's Big Cargo Plan

Sun Country Airlines has a major plan. They want to double their money from cargo in just one year. This will happen after they add eight more Boeing 737-800 freighters to their fleet. These planes will be provided by Amazon. This is a big deal. The company wants to finish integrating these air

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Feb 07 2025HEALTH

Long Covid: The Silent Struggle for Care in Brazil

Brazil is one place where you can see the Long Covid problem. Long Covid is a long-term condition that comes from Covid. Many people across the globe are suffering from it. It has many effects. COVID-19 can cause long-term health problems. It is hard to get the right care and treatment. Many pe

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Feb 07 2025HEALTH

Brain Boosters: The Future of Fighting Brain Diseases

Imagine if there were drugs that could tackle brain diseases in a whole new way. Brain diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are tough. They cause brain cells to die. Most drugs out there just treat the symptoms. They don't fix the root cause. This is where hybrid drugs come in. These are specia

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Feb 07 2025SCIENCE

Luminous Sensors: Mixing Proteins and Rare Earth Elements

Imagine combining the best parts of proteins and rare earth elements to create something new and exciting. This is not just science fiction, but a real possibility with the use of protein crystals and lanthanide complexes. Protein crystals are made up of tiny, organized, and super dense functi

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Feb 07 2025HEALTH

A Glimpse of Hope Amidst the Ruins: Gaza's Children Find a Way Out

Imagine a little girl in a pink sweater waving goodbye through a dirty bus window. She is not leaving for a fun trip, but because she is one of the 37 sick and injured patients, mostly children with cancer, finally allowed to leave Gaza for much-needed medical treatment. Gaza’s hospitals ar

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Feb 07 2025TECHNOLOGY

Elon Musk: A Global Journey from Pretoria to Silicon Valley

Did you know that the tech billionaire Elon Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa? On June 28, 1971, he entered the world to a Canadian mom and a South African dad. But that's not where his story ends. Musk is a man of many places and many passions. Imagine this: Musk, at just 17 years old, moved

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Feb 07 2025SCIENCE

Robot's in the making.

Chemists took off on a quest. The aim was to change how enzymes work. These enzymes are like tiny machines given sugar as a source of any damage. Dig into enzymes known as pyranose oxidase (POx) and C-glycoside oxidase (CGOx). Part of the oxidoreductase family, these enzymes are the work of FAD.

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Feb 07 2025HEALTH

Why Does Early Use of a Smoking Cessation Drug Help Before Quitting?

People have been looking into the why's of a type of drug called varenicline and how it can help in the smoking cessation process. A lot of people have been wondering about how varenicline, also called smoking aversion, works to help people quit smoking, and if it works before someone quits. These

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