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Florida shooting leaves three dead, six injured

VCG Three people were killed and at least six others injured in a shooting incident at a graduation party in Florida, US, police said on Sunday.The shooting is the latest in a series of gun vi

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Psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms 'promising' for treating depression

The research compared the effects of psilocybin with a conventional antidepressant drug.

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Psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms 'promising' for treating depression

The research compared the effects of psilocybin with a conventional antidepressant drug.

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South Africa launches center to teach traditional Chinese medicine

VCG South Africa's University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Monday launched the Acupuncture Center and Museum in collaboration with Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.The Acupuncture

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Men’s health startup Manual raises $30M Series A from US and European investors

Men’s health and wellbeing startup Manual has raised a $30m Series A round from US-based Sonoma Brands and Waldencast, and Manual’s existing European investors Felix Capital and Cherry Ventures. FJ La

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Toddler tablet and phone use linked to behavioural and social problems

A study also finds that high levels of screen time among five-year-olds was linked to a risk of "multiple psychosocial problems".

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Kenya, U.K. to co-host global education financing conference

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan President delivers a national address in Nairobi on September 14, 2018. /VCG Kenya and the U.K. will co-host a two-day conference on global partnership for education financi

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IOC urges Olympians to take COVID-19 vaccines

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged teams competing in Olympic and Paralympic Games to be vaccinated against COVID-19."Vaccines are one of many tools available in the toolbox, to b

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Brexit: First signs of UK border disruption

The UK government expects "significant additional disruption" to trade and the movement of goods in the coming weeks, minister Michael Gove has admitted. A key ally of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, G

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Malawian NGO provides food for 250 patients prior to New Year

Getting a decent and nutritious meal is one of the biggest problems in hospitals among patients, who are required to have an extra budget to get a proper meal that can sustain them.In Malawi, this is

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Twitter vows to censor 'misleading' tweets about COVID vaccines

The company says it is totally focused on ridding its platform of false or ambiguous claims - to protect people's "wellbeing".

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"Keep soil alive" FAO calls for action to preserve soil biodiversity

Soil biodiversity is under threat, and action is needed to preserve it, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu said Friday. /Xinhua

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Singapore-based mental health app Intellect reaches one million users, closes seed funding

Theodoric Chew, co-founder and chief executive officer of mental health app Intellect Intellect, a Singapore-based startup that wants to lower barriers to mental health care in Asia, says it has reach

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Playing video games can be good for your mental health, study finds

Researchers find that the actual amount of time spent playing was a small but a significant positive factor in people's wellbeing.

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Russia orders national mask mandate as coronavirus cases surge

Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking his most drastic measures yet to curb the second wave of COVID-19. Putin on Tuesday implemented a nationwide mask mandate, as coronavirus cases surge gl

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Men’s health subscription startup Numan closes £10M Series A funding round

Launched almost 18 months ago, Numan joined the growing list of sites aiming at men’s health, such as Roman and Hims, for example.Numan launched aiming to promote accessible medical remedies for Erec

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Mental health startup eQuoo will be distributed by Unilever in new global youth campaign

Last December (yes, in the before-times) UK-based mental health startup eQuoo had a round of announcements, becoming the NHS approved mental health game, as well as signing Barmer, the largest insuran