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Lab study discovers cancer drug’s unexpected potential to extend lifespan and combat aging

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

Scientists have discovered a surprising metabolic mechanism that interacts with a key aging pathway, potentially influencing growth, longevity, and lifespan through both advanced therapeutics and natural metabolites in ways still being explored. PHOTO/Stock. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences have found that the new TOR inhibitor…

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Africa: Trust Between Police and Foreign Nationals Can Improve Safety for All

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago09 mins

Sound relations with foreign nationals living in South Africa will help police gather intelligence, solve cases and prevent violence. According to the most recent Statistics South Africa census, 3.9% of the population is foreign-born. Despite making up such a small share of the country’s people, foreign nationals disproportionately fall victim to many serious crimes. A…

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Africa: World Aids Day Highlights Major Innovations Amid Decline in Global Funding

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago09 mins

As World AIDS Day is marked around the globe, rapid scientific progress is being overshadowed by funding shortfalls and weakened health systems that are putting the global fight against HIV at risk. The global fight against HIV/Aids has found itself at a troubling crossroads. On one hand, scientific progress is picking up pace; on the…

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Africa: New Injectable HIV Treatment Shows Promise in Africa, Study Finds

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago07 mins

Nairobi — A new study conducted across three African countries has found that an injectable HIV treatment–Cabotegravir/Rilpivirine (CAB LA + RPV LA), administered every two months–is safe, well tolerated, and preferred by most patients. The Month-12 results, drawn from study sites in Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa, offer renewed hope for improved treatment adherence, fewer…

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Africa: No, the Us Isn’t Shutting Its Borders Entirely, As Tiktok Videos Claim

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago06 mins

No, the US isn’t shutting its borders entirely, as TikTok videos claim IN SHORT: Some TikTok videos claim that under an executive order by president Donald Trump, the United States will “completely shut its borders” from 1 November 2025, denying entry even to visa-holders and legal residents. But there is no evidence to support this…

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Africa: HIV in South Africa – Lessons From the Past, Challenges for the Future

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago012 mins

“It was a nice and hot day, there was this breeze. But for me, it was a cold front. That’s how bad it was. And already I was now experiencing AIDS symptoms,” Nombuyiselo Mapongwana (58) recalls from the living room of her Soweto home. In 2002, five years after she was diagnosed with HIV Nombuyiselo…

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Africa: Young Mothers Rewrite the Story of Lesotho

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago011 mins

Reabetsoe waves and laughs as his mother, Motšelisi Tsubane, 23, leans in, singing his name and dangling a homemade ball. Reabetsoe is a healthy 4-month-old, learning how to focus his eyes and move his arms and legs. He has transformed this family. “My son likes it when I sing lullabies for him–you see him smile…

Africa: All of Africa Today – December 1, 2025

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago010 mins

Ramaphosa Hails South Africans After Successful G20 Summit on African Soil President Cyril Ramaphosa praised South Africans for their unity and warmth after the country successfully hosted the G20 Leaders’ Summit and more than 130 related meetings. This was the first time the gathering was held on African soil. In an address to the…

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Africa: Call to Put Child Welfare At the Heart of Business Regulation in Africa

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago06 mins

Plagued by child labour and other harmful industrial practices, countries in Africa have a duty to regulate business and hold companies to account for violating children’s rights, experts told a conference in Lesotho this week. The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), which brought together lawyers, academics, development experts and human rights…

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Africa: WHO Warns of Shrinking HIV Funding, Urges African Govts to Boost Investment

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago08 mins

The organisation said the continent must urgently protect hard-won gains against HIV amid a rapidly changing global funding landscape that threatens to slow progress. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on African governments to increase domestic investment and strengthen health systems as countries mark the 2025 World AIDS Day. The global health agency said…