Why freedom of religion will likely not trump public health interests with a future COVID-19 vaccine
Aug 26, 2020 11:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Religious objections to vaccinations have been around almost as long as vaccinations themselves. This week, three leading Australian religious figures have written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlining ethical...
Aug 25, 2020 06:13 am UTC| Health
A group of experts conducted research to address one of the common questions people have about COVID-19. The study revealed the virus, SARS-CoV-2, was able to survive and maintain infectivity for up to three weeks in...
Aug 21, 2020 10:28 am UTC| Health
HIV/AIDS cure is one of the most discussed topics in the world of health and medicine. This is because this disease has been around for decades yet there is no definite treatment for it yet. Although this chronic...
COVID-19 cure: Coronavirus treatment may potentially be found in lobsters, says scientist
Aug 18, 2020 08:19 am UTC| Science Health
There has yet to be a definitive cure for COVID-19 but scientists are doubling down on efforts on researching and developing possible treatments for the pandemic. As millions of people all over the world are getting...
Can ageing really be 'treated' or 'cured'? An evolutionary biologist explains
Aug 14, 2020 15:52 pm UTC| Health
As time passes, our fertility declines and our bodies start to fail. These natural changes are what we call ageing. In recent decades, weve come leaps and bounds in treating and preventing some of the worlds leading...
COVID-19: Blood test could reveal how fatal coronavirus is to a patient
Aug 14, 2020 10:06 am UTC| Science Health
Since the breakout in December 2019, the coronavirus pandemic also known as COVID-19 continues to terrorize the world to this day. Scientists are increasing efforts to study and develop a possible cure, but researchers...
Weight Loss: Shed off extra pounds and belly fat by adding olive oil to your diet
Aug 12, 2020 06:17 am UTC| Health
Did you know that adding olive oil to your diet, especially a plant-based diet, is beneficial to your weight loss regimen? You might not have known of its weight loss benefits because the olive oil is more popularly...
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