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The highly poisonous element occurs naturally and in high abundance in Zamfara’s gold-rich areas, escaping into the air when the dusty rock is pounded to extract the precious specks.
ARTISINAL MINING

Gold miners face dangerous life in Nigeria’s ‘bandit’ country

The mineral-rich earth of Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, has provided generations of families with the means to make ends meet

  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
4 min read
A sign warns people of measles in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg, two days after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
BILL DE BLASIO

US health officials seek to stem measles outbreaks traced to Israel, Ukraine

A total of 555 cases of measles have been recorded in the United States since January 1, most of them in New York and Clark County in Washington state

  • Ivan Couronne
4 min read
As part of a catch-up vaccination campaign because of South Africa’s five-month-long measles outbreak, all children between the ages of six months and 15 years can get a free vaccine in the public sector. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
ANTI VAXXERS

New York mandates vaccine to contain Brooklyn measles outbreak

Under the new rules, anyone who has not received the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or does not have evidence of immunity risks a fine of $1 000

  • Thomas Urbain
4 min read
ARENAVIRUS

Mysterious SA virus a new strain, says expert

Tests indicate that the haemorrhagic disease that killed three people in the country is a new type of arenavirus, the SABC reported on Monday.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read