While African Americans have slightly lower cholesterol levels than other racial groups, they are more likely to die from heart disease. Socioeconomics, lifestyle, and racism in medicine all play a ...

BOWLING GREEN, KY.- According to the CDC, about 90,000 non-Hispanic Black or African American people in the United States have sickle cell disease. Outside the U.S., the condition is more common in ...

Millions of African families could be saved from destitution thanks to a much-needed vaccine that is being mass-produced in a drive to protect cattle against a deadly parasite. East Coast fever is a ...

A group of Nigerian, British, and U.S. doctors have discovered a genetic variant that increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease in people of African and mixed-African descent and is not seen in those ...

By Siyabonga Sishi MOOI RIVER, Feb 12 (Reuters) - South Africa's beef exports fell 26% in 2025, despite growing global demand, partly due to China's ban on the African country's red meat products as ...

In a finding that could help reduce the racial disparity in kidney disease, Duke Health researchers have detailed how two common gene variants among African Americans can cause kidney failure. The ...

A deadly, undiagnosed disease that has been spreading in one region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may be linked to malaria, health officials said Thursday. As of Dec. 14, the latest date ...

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Cholera remains a “major battle” in Africa, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which warned Thursday of more cases as the rainy season begins in ...

Africa is almost always identified with diseases, famines, poverty, corruption and bad leadership. The single-story narratives are never in favour of Africa, especially when told by the Western media.