Why you should stop scrolling in the bathroom and the unsavory truth about your phone.

Published Date: 26 Apr 2023

More than 90% of people in the world own or use a mobile phone, and many of us couldn't live without them. We carry them everywhere we go, use them in bed and the bathroom, and for many people, they are the first thing they see in the morning.

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The number of confirmed ⁠Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic ⁠of Congo has increased to ⁠1,155, including ‌304 deaths, government data showed on Thursday.

The European Commission opened an investigation on ⁠Friday into whether French drugmaker Sanofi breached EU competition ⁠rules in a flu vaccine marketing...

The U.S. military has resumed requiring flu vaccines for some service members in an exception to Defense ⁠Secretary Pete Hegseth's guidance declaring the shots voluntary two...

Africa's top public health agency said on Thursday that funding needed ⁠to tackle the continent's Ebola outbreak was three times higher than an earlier estimate, and now...

Australian authorities ramped up surveillance and testing of wildlife and livestock on Wednesday after a second state reported a case ⁠of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird...

The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is still outpacing response efforts, and frontline health workers there ⁠face very risky conditions, World Health...

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