Europe Orders Emergency Jail Measures as Warmth Fuels Cell Unrest

[ad_1] France, Italy and Belgium have ordered emergency heatwave measures inside their prisons this summer time after occupancy charges exceeding 120% turned overcrowded, non-air-conditioned cells into flashpoints for violence and medical emergencies, in accordance with Reuters interviews with greater than 40 inmates, workers and officers throughout the three nations. The measures — additional water, showers…

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Africa: Breakthrough Sickle Cell Gene Remedy a Distant Hope in Africa

[ad_1] Kampala, Scidev.Internet — As Uganda rolls out obligatory nationwide screening of newborns for sickle cell illness this month, a gene remedy celebrated in the USA and Europe stays financially out of attain for many sufferers in Africa. Ayoola Olajide, president of Ikorodu Sickle Cell Membership in Nigeria and an individual dwelling with sickle cell…

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