Rough sleeping fell during the pandemic – but can this success be sustained?
Oct 09, 2020 08:02 am UTC| Health
Two weeks after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic, the UK government announced Everyone In, a scheme to protect people sleeping rough from catching the virus. The policy was highly...
Pulmonary hypertension: why creating awareness is key in Africa
Oct 09, 2020 07:03 am UTC| Health
Pulmonary hypertension is elevated blood pressure that occurs exclusively in the lungs. It is a deadly condition that affects an estimated 75 million people worldwide. Around 80% of them live in low- and middle-income...
An autoimmune-like antibody response is linked with severe COVID-19
Oct 09, 2020 07:01 am UTC| Health
In the earliest days of the pandemic, many immunologists, including me, assumed that patients who produced high quantities of antibodies early in infection would be free from disease. We were wrong. Several months into...
Thai food, living 'hygge'… What drives us to consume products from other cultures?
Oct 09, 2020 07:00 am UTC| Health
When was the last time you went out for a Thai meal, got items from the ethnic isle of a supermarket, wore a pashmina, or watched a foreign film? Many of us consume culturally-cued offerings, either recurrently or for...
Belly fat linked to higher risk of premature death, regardless of your weight
Oct 05, 2020 13:35 pm UTC| Health
Its well known that carrying extra fat around your waist can be harmful to your health, bringing greater risk of developing illnesses such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. But a recent study found that, regardless of...
Coronavirus: the three types of vaccine hesitancy authorities need to combat
Oct 05, 2020 13:30 pm UTC| Health
There are high hopes that one or, with any luck, several of the COVID-19 vaccines in development will bring an end to the pandemic. The most promising are often invoked in government briefings and by the media, with their...
COVID-19 has hardened Canadian views on immigration
Oct 05, 2020 13:29 pm UTC| Health
With an aging and slow-growing population, Canada depends on immigration for economic and demographic growth. But the COVID-19 pandemic has effectively closed our borders and virtually halted the entry of...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects