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NEWS Ebola test offering 15-minute results on trial in Guinea
A 15-minute blood and saliva test for Ebola is to be trialled in Guinea, it has been announced. The solar-powered, portable laboratory should deliver results six times faster than tests currently used in West Africa. The researchers involved say faster diagnosis would increase the chances of...- whoosh
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NEWS Ebola diary: where is everybody?
There are many dreadful things about the Ebola outbreak, but the worst is the world's indifference to it. few months ago I read a blog of an MSF volunteer who found himself shouting over the beautiful jungled canopy of Sierra Leone “Where is everybody”? Today, four months after the World Health...- whoosh
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Mystery of 200 Dead Cows in Wisconsin Solved
Mystery of 200 Dead Cows in Wisconsin Solved Authorities investigating the deaths of 200 cows in Wisconsin have come up with an unlikely culprit: the sweet potato. The cows were found dead in a Stockton pasture two weeks ago. Locals were left scratching their heads about what caused the...- cybercore
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