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Health · November, 2014
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Stories about Health from November, 2014

26 November 2014

Authorities Take Healthy Milk Activist to Court in Serbia

Serbian authorities have increasingly been calling online activists in for questioning. Now activist Marko Živković is being called into court for publicly complaining about milk regulations 20 months ago.

21 November 2014

Thousands of Miles Away From Ebola, Kazakh Scientists Promise a Vaccine

Written by Zukhra Iakupbaeva · Central Asia & Caucasus

Central Asia has no recorded cases of Ebola yet, but while citizens of one country in the region are avoiding bananas, scientists in another are striving for a vaccine.

15 November 2014

Hijras, Bangladesh's ‘Third Gender’, Celebrate First Ever Pride Parade

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Bangladesh's Hijra community won recognition as a separate gender identity last year, and photo captured them as they took to the streets in colourful style to celebrate the anniversary.

13 November 2014

Protests as Macedonia's Government Gives a Polluting Factory in Tetovo Another Break

Written by Bardhyl Jashari · Macedonia

Residents in several Macedonian cities protest the government's indecisiveness in doing anything about the dangerous levels of air pollution in and around Tetovo.