Botswana health news today: Cancer, Diabetes, Doctors and nurses
Google's edition for Botswana carries mostly international coverage; the country's own outlets appear among it.
Today's themes
Cancer (10) · Diabetes (4) · Doctors and nurses (3) · Mental health (3) · Vaccines (3) · Heart disease (2) · Bird flu (1) · COVID-19 (1) · Dengue (1) · Ebola (1)
Mentions of tracked outbreaks
- Dengue Attention: elevated
Dengue Epidemiological Situation in the Region of the Americas - Epidemiological Week 38, 2026 ReliefWeb · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC - Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda high
The Ebola crisis is far outpacing the response, Congo's IRC director says NPR · 19 Oct, 22:38 UTC - Poliovirus (wild and vaccine-derived) Attention: elevated
Pakistan reports 7th polio case of the year, 1st case in Karachi in nearly 2 years Outbreak News Today · 19 Oct, 21:36 UTC - Avian influenza H5N1 Attention: high
CHMP Backs Extended Use of AstraZeneca H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccine Contagion Live · 19 Oct, 21:22 UTC - Hepatitis A outbreak, Costa Rica moderate
Study Warns of More Chronic Hepatitis B in the Years Ahead MedPage Today · 19 Oct, 21:16 UTC
All headlines
- Argonne's Aurora Supercomputer Powers 2 of the Largest Cosmological Simulations to Date HPCwire · 20 Oct, 03:26 UTC
- Scientists reach the ultimate quantum limit on a surface Science Daily · 20 Oct, 03:04 UTC
- Star Wars Funday Football Takes on Super Bowl LXI StarWars.com · 20 Oct, 02:56 UTC
- AI Tells Women To Negotiate For Flexibility And Men To Negotiate For Money, Study Finds Forbes · 20 Oct, 02:41 UTC
- “SMALLER CONFIGURATIONS” Third World Network (TWN) · 20 Oct, 02:36 UTC
- NASA solves a strange mystery hidden inside asteroid Bennu’s boulders Science Daily · 20 Oct, 02:25 UTC
- ‘Open your doors for AI’: German chancellor urges businesses to embrace AI as Nvidia announces new investments CNBC · 20 Oct, 02:16 UTC
- Oh, bother! Starbucks celebrates 100 years of Winnie the Pooh Marketing-Interactive · 20 Oct, 02:15 UTC
- Pop star Macklemore to benefit pro-Palestinian group The Jerusalem Post · 20 Oct, 01:22 UTC
- Stock futures rise slightly after tech shares rebound to start the week: Live updates CNBC · 20 Oct, 01:19 UTC
- A study of 62.5 million people reveals what broad ethnic labels miss about rare diseases News-Medical · 20 Oct, 01:13 UTC
- CNBC Daily Open: Tech investors buy the dip — but debt remains a concern CNBC · 20 Oct, 01:11 UTC
- Banks entering crypto must close transaction monitoring gaps, experts say Compliance Week · 20 Oct, 01:04 UTC
- Nanoscale tech tracks proteins inside living neurons to guide Alzheimer's and Parkinson's drug discovery Phys.org · 20 Oct, 01:00 UTC
- Oil eases as markets assess potential waiver on Russian energy, Middle East supply risks Reuters · 20 Oct, 00:58 UTC
- Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples AP News · 20 Oct, 00:54 UTC
- Why painful arthritis can return stronger after cancer treatment Science Daily · 20 Oct, 00:50 UTC
- UFC champ Alexander Volkanovski sees two contenders standing out the most Yahoo Sports · 20 Oct, 00:30 UTC
- Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur Sci.News · 20 Oct, 00:27 UTC
- Could eating whey protein before meals help reduce blood sugar spikes? News-Medical · 20 Oct, 00:26 UTC
- Sabastian Sawe’s Sub-Two Marathon Is Up for World Athletics’ First Moment of the Year Marathon Handbook · 20 Oct, 00:23 UTC
- Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger As They Age ScienceAlert · 20 Oct, 00:01 UTC
- Gold Holds Decline as Energy-Led Inflation Weighs on Rate Path Bloomberg.com · 19 Oct, 23:55 UTC
- How to Stream San Antonio Spurs 2026-27 NBA Season Games With DAZN The Hollywood Reporter · 19 Oct, 23:55 UTC
- Miley Cyrus Fires Back at Criticism of Her Hollywood Bowl Concerts E! News · 19 Oct, 23:47 UTC
- Molecular switch controls how cells load cargo for recycling Phys.org · 19 Oct, 23:40 UTC
- Fruit and sugary drinks stood out in a three-year study of teenage mental health News-Medical · 19 Oct, 23:39 UTC
- ‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance’: Japan launches historic mission to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos The Guardian · 19 Oct, 23:38 UTC
- Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening Fox News · 19 Oct, 23:34 UTC
- Barbara Palvin Walked the Victoria’s Secret Show Six Weeks Postpartum The New York Times · 19 Oct, 23:33 UTC
- Richard Riehle, 'Office Space' actor with iconic mustache, dies at 78 USA Today · 19 Oct, 23:25 UTC
- EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI seeks to accelerate fundraising ahead of Anthropic IPO, sources say Reuters · 19 Oct, 23:22 UTC
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina explains why he nearly quit tennis after winning Wimbledon juniors Yahoo Sports · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- Video: ‘UFC 333 Countdown’ full episode Yahoo Sports · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- Mynt’s Record IPO Brings a New Heavyweight to Philippine Stocks Bloomberg.com · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- How soon Alexander Zverev can officially become world number one after Shanghai defeat Yahoo Sports · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- ‘It’s always a risk’ – Hansi Flick talks Barcelona’s high line ahead of PSG test Yahoo Sports · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- Analysts Expect Touch-Screen MacBook Pro Debut at Apple’s Oct. 28 Event PYMNTS.com · 19 Oct, 22:58 UTC
- Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says TechCrunch · 19 Oct, 22:49 UTC
- Steve Kerr: Stephen Curry ‘fine’ after tweaking right ankle at Warriors practice NBA.com · 19 Oct, 22:40 UTC
Health
- Stroke survivor acted fast, but delays in treatment remain a concern The Straits Times · 20 Oct, 03:07 UTC
- GLP-1 Drugs and Mental Health: Effects on Depression and Anxiety News-Medical · 20 Oct, 02:52 UTC
- How GLP-1 Medications Affect PCOS, Fertility, and Pregnancy News-Medical · 20 Oct, 02:36 UTC
- Q&A: How does technology help track foodborne pathogens and outbreaks? Phys.org · 20 Oct, 01:40 UTC
- A study of 62.5 million people reveals what broad ethnic labels miss about rare diseases News-Medical · 20 Oct, 01:13 UTC
- Why painful arthritis can return stronger after cancer treatment Science Daily · 20 Oct, 00:51 UTC
- Research shows risk-taking behavior precedes increased alcohol consumption, not vice versa Medical Xpress · 20 Oct, 00:40 UTC
- Could eating whey protein before meals help reduce blood sugar spikes? News-Medical · 20 Oct, 00:26 UTC
- Distinguished clinician-scientist Professor Marcus Ong is first Singaporean emergency medicine physician elected to National Academy of Medicine, USA Taiwan News · 20 Oct, 00:15 UTC
- Physician Views Results: Leqembi's dosing makeover keeps IV in the spotlight FirstWord Pharma · 20 Oct, 00:04 UTC
- New 4D biofabrication technology holds promise for tissue engineering, wound healing Phys.org · 19 Oct, 23:40 UTC
- Fruit and sugary drinks stood out in a three-year study of teenage mental health News-Medical · 19 Oct, 23:39 UTC
- Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening Fox News · 19 Oct, 23:34 UTC
- The Reading Room Podcast: A Closer Look at New Research on 177Lu-Edotreotide for Treating GEP-NETs Diagnostic Imaging · 19 Oct, 23:25 UTC
- Higher ADK levels track stronger triciribine effects in leukemia cells, pointing to a potential biomarker Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 23:20 UTC
- How to prevent osteoporosis, from training to eating calcium-rich food South China Morning Post · 19 Oct, 23:15 UTC
- LC–MS/MS Tracks Drugs in Australian Wastewater Chromatography Online · 19 Oct, 23:06 UTC
- Medical Journal Article Redefines ‘Infertility’ Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC
- Dengue Epidemiological Situation in the Region of the Americas - Epidemiological Week 38, 2026 ReliefWeb · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC
- Breast cancer awareness advocate seeks to teach about risk to all people WAMC · 19 Oct, 23:02 UTC
- DNA once dismissed as 'noise' reveals new bacterial species in prostate cancer patients Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- The Ebola crisis is far outpacing the response, Congo's IRC director says NPR · 19 Oct, 22:38 UTC
- Adult-Onset Autoimmune Diabetes in a Physician: Diagnostic Uncertainty and Insulin Acceptance in a Case Consistent With Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) Cureus · 19 Oct, 22:36 UTC
- Virtual Pulmonary Rehab and Matched Care, With Omid Pourshahid, MD HCPLive · 19 Oct, 22:32 UTC
- New research shows how microplastics and water interactions could lead to cell damage The Columbian · 19 Oct, 22:30 UTC
- New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests The Guardian · 19 Oct, 22:30 UTC
- Embryos harbor immune cells that already perform adult-like defense functions, study suggests Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 22:20 UTC
- Honey bee hives have ‘living immune systems’ which defend against disease The Conversation · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC
- Beehives act as 'living immune systems' with layered antimicrobial defenses Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC
- Home sensor system could spot loneliness in older adults Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC
- Weakness, Chills, and Back Pain in a 62-Year-Old Woman Medscape Reference: Drugs, Diseases & Medical Procedures · 19 Oct, 21:40 UTC
- VR Study Reveals Restorative Power of Curated Green Spaces Labroots · 19 Oct, 21:40 UTC
- Pakistan reports 7th polio case of the year, 1st case in Karachi in nearly 2 years Outbreak News Today · 19 Oct, 21:36 UTC
- Percival AI can uncover unseen health issues in CT scans Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 21:30 UTC
- CHMP Backs Extended Use of AstraZeneca H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccine Contagion Live · 19 Oct, 21:22 UTC
- Advanced paternal age has sex-specific effects on fetal brain gene expression, mouse study suggests Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 21:20 UTC
- Study Warns of More Chronic Hepatitis B in the Years Ahead MedPage Today · 19 Oct, 21:16 UTC
- ADHD Tied to Higher Mortality Risk MedPage Today · 19 Oct, 21:04 UTC
- New wheat disease detection tool established in Tanzania Phys.org · 19 Oct, 21:00 UTC
- Benefits of melatonin for MS remain uncertain, new review finds Multiple Sclerosis News Today · 19 Oct, 20:58 UTC