Jan 25, 2021 07:37 am UTC| Technology Health
Apple has updated its support page specifically for iPhone 12 owners who also use medical devices. The company says there is no known severe risk in having them around simultaneously but still advises people to keep a safe...
Why new COVID-19 variants are on the rise and spreading around the world
Jan 22, 2021 07:44 am UTC| Health
A new variant of coronavirus has swept across the United Kingdom and been detected in the United States, Canada and elsewhere. Scientists are concerned that these new strains may spread more easily. As an evolutionary...
Why the COVID-19 variants are so dangerous and how to stop them spreading
Jan 22, 2021 07:26 am UTC| Health
With new, more infectious variants of COVID-19 detected around the world, and at New Zealands border, the risk of further level 3 or 4 lockdowns is increased if those viruses get into the community. These include a...
COVID-19 vaccines: how and when will lower-income countries get access?
Jan 19, 2021 05:50 am UTC| Health
COVID-19 vaccination programmes are gathering pace in high-income countries, but for much of the world, the future looks bleaker. Although a number of middle-income countries have started rolling out vaccines, widespread...
Jan 19, 2021 05:48 am UTC| Health
Reports of about 30 deaths among elderly nursing home residents who received the Pfizer vaccine have made international headlines. With Australias Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) expected to approve the vaccine...
Hepatitis D: how the virus made the jump from animals to humans
Jan 19, 2021 04:49 am UTC| Health
Pandemics past and present have been caused when pathogens germs that cause disease move between animals and humans, as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) did when it made its way from bats to people. But not...
Some key questions answered on COVID-19 vaccines for African countries
Jan 19, 2021 04:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Vaccines for COVID-19 are generating a lot of talk. To shed some light on which vaccines are available for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and how the process will work, The Conversation Africas Ina Skosana and Ozayr...
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