GABON

Gabon has a new leader. Brice Oligui Nguema won the presidential election with a huge lead. The Interior Ministry shared the news on Sunday. They said Nguema got about 90 percent of the votes. His closest competitor, Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze, only got around 3 percent. This result was expected. Nguema led a military takeover in 2023. He ended the 55-year rule of the...

Cryptococcal meningitis is a big problem for people with HIV, especially when the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans gets into their brain. Researchers in Libreville, Gabon, wanted to find out how common it is for HIV patients with neurological symptoms to have Cryptococcus antigen in their urine. They did this by testing urine samples from 255 HIV patients who were in t...