DRC expands Ebola vaccine campaign as cases mount rapidly
New strategies are deployed to slow spread of the deadly disease and better protect response teams
Africa
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Plant studies show where Africa’s early farmers tamed some of the continent’s key crops
Several traditional crops traced to West African river basin -
Sudanese geneticist released from prison after revolution: ‘I’m very optimistic’
Muntaser Ibrahim spent 50 days behind bars after calling for regime change -
African research projects are failing because funding agencies can’t match donor money
“Counterfunding,” desired by donor countries, can be 50% of a project’s cost -
Ebola outbreak in Congo still not an international crisis, WHO decides
Cases top 1000 amid funding woes, but virus has yet to jump borders -
Appeals court dismisses charges of institutional racism at U.K.-Kenyan research partnership
Six plaintiffs failed to prove their careers suffered because of their skin color, court says -
Renowned Sudanese geneticist behind bars for opposing regime
Muntaser Ibrahim was arrested after he and other academics drew up a plan for national reform -
How a ‘landscape of fear’ transformed the ecosystem of this African wildlife park
In a Mozambique park, researchers test how predators can reshape an ecosystem by affecting prey behavior -
The Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa
New evidence questions the assumption that plague bacterium didn’t cross the Sahara -
A data-driven prescription for Madagascar’s broken health system
An eclectic group of scientists has taken a data-intensive approach to the challenge of building a health care system in Madagascar -
A prescription for Madagascar’s broken health system: data and a focus on details
An eclectic group of scientists sets out to bring health care to one of the world’s poorest countries -
A new law was supposed to protect South Africans' privacy. It may block important research instead
Law may prevent researchers from reanalyzing data and samples in big databases -
Rise in size of African families may be tied to less schooling
Analysis offers new explanation for mysterious “stall” in fertility rates in some countries -
Fighting Ebola is hard. In Congo, fake news makes it harder
Armed conflict and political tensions stoke rumors and misinformation about the outbreak -
Canada denied visas to dozens of Africans for a big artificial intelligence conference
The country risks losing conferences and respect -
Ebola vaccine is having ‘major impact’ but worries about Congo outbreak grow
Armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo hampers health care response and vaccine distribution to combat deadly virus
