Medical research is broken: here's how we can fix it
Sep 09, 2020 13:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Every year, around US$200 billion (150 billion) is spent globally on health research. Meanwhile, millions of people volunteer their time to be participants in health studies. Despite all the resources that go into creating...
Cancer cure: Study reveals honeybee effectively kills breast cancer cells
Sep 04, 2020 09:05 am UTC| Health
The search for cancer cure continues and one study reveals great news regarding breast cancer. The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research discovered that venom from honeybee can kill aggressive breast cancer cells...
COVID-19 cure: Scientists look to develop cure derived from llama antibodies
Sep 02, 2020 11:36 am UTC| Science Health
While there is no definitive cure for COVID-19 yet, scientists are leaving no stone unturned in the hopes of being able to formulate a possible treatment for the coronavirus. Recently, scientists saw that the antibodies...
HIV/AIDS Cure: FDA approved human trials as a woman reportedly cured without treatment
Aug 31, 2020 10:56 am UTC| Health
Many people are hoping that the HIV/AIDS cure would finally be found. In the field of medicine, doctors and scientists never stopped working on finding the elusive treatment that will heal patients completely but nobody...
Media reporting on mental illness, violence and crime needs to change
Aug 26, 2020 11:33 am UTC| Health
The media is a key source of information about mental illness for the public, and research shows media coverage can influence public attitudes and perceptions of mental ill-health. But when it comes to complex mental...
India is key for global access to a COVID-19 vaccine – here's why
Aug 26, 2020 11:22 am UTC| Health
The great COVID-19 vaccine race is on. Pharmaceutical companies around the world are going head to head, while governments scramble to get priority access to the most promising candidates. But a richest-takes-all...
Coronavirus reinfection – what it actually means, and why you shouldn't panic
Aug 26, 2020 11:16 am UTC| Health
Scientists in Hong Kong have reported the first confirmed case of reinfection with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, reportedly backed up by genetic sequences of the two episodes of the 33-year-old mans infections in...
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’
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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects