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DRC Ebola Workers Fight Outbreak Months Without Pay

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Wiza Bondele, a health worker on the prevention and control team, poses for a photograph in Ituri province, eastern Congo

As confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo surpass 4,000 for the first time during the second-largest outbreak on record, frontline health workers like Wiza Bondele continue battling the fast-spreading Bundibugyo virus in Ituri province despite enduring months without promised monthly salaries. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s public health institute reported that total … Read more

Does Eating Cheese Raise Cholesterol? Here Is the Truth

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Current nutritional science indicates that cheese consumption does not necessarily lead to an increase in harmful low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, challenging long-standing dietary assumptions. While cheese is high in saturated fat, recent clinical research suggests that the “food matrix”—the complex physical and chemical structure of a food—may mitigate its traditional cardiovascular risks compared to … Read more