Chinese scientists at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China have already created the first gene-edited babies in the world. Utilizing CRISPR, they intend on eliminating a gene known as CCR5 and creating genetically modified babies resistant to HIV, smallpox, and cholera. The first GMO babies have already been brought in this messed up world, they are twin girls and... 

South Sudan’s Health Ministry says at least 18 people have died of cholera in the strife-torn country, which has declared an outbreak of the highly contagious disease. Minster of Health Riek Gai Kok told reporters on Tuesday that the outbreak began in crowded UN bases in the capital, Juba, where tens of thousands have been sheltering due to the war in the poverty-stricken country. Other cases have... 

Abandoned homes are seen in this January 20, 2015 photo after heavy flooding hit Mozambique. ​The death toll from a cholera epidemic in northern and western Mozambique has risen to 41 since the country was hit by widespread flooding in December 2014. Mozambique Ministry of Health spokesman, Quinhas Fernandes, told a press conference on Monday that 4,518 cases of cholera and 41 deaths have been recorded... 

United Nations health officials have warned of serious cholera outbreaks in various regions of the already famine-stricken Somalia. The World Health Organization (WHO) says some 4,272 cases of acute watery diarrhea have been recorded in the capital Mogadishu so far this year. The agency says more than 180 people have already fallen victim to the disease in Mogadishu and surrounding areas and that... 

President Obama announced today that the United States will provide $73 million in aid to Zimbabwe, saying the economically-wracked nation has made progress since Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai entered a power-sharing arrangement with longtime President Robert Mugabe four months ago. “We’ve seen progress from the prime minister,” Obama said, after meeting with Tsvangirai in...