Juuling among US youth is about the cool factor, new study suggests
May 09, 2020 07:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
In less than a decade, e-cigarette use among high schoolers in the U.S. has skyrocketed, from almost none in 2011 (1.5%) to more than one-fourth in 2019 (27.5%). Alarm bells have sounded for doctors, parents and schools;...
Coronavirus found in semen of young men with COVID-19
May 09, 2020 07:24 am UTC| Health
We dont know much about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but we are learning new things about it every day. The latest bit of the jigsaw puzzle comes from a small study conducted in China, which found SARS-CoV-2...
May 08, 2020 08:19 am UTC| Health
HIV/AIDS cure is needed to end the infection that is destroying the immune system of infected individuals. Human Immunodeficiency Virus a retrovirus that reproduces once and creates more viruses until the cell burst and...
Donald Trump explains why he did not wear a mask when visiting Honeywell’s Arizona facility
May 07, 2020 23:02 pm UTC| Politics Health
President Donald Trump visited a Honeywell mask manufacturing facility located on Arizona on Tuesday, his first trip outside Washington, DC since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country. But what was surprising during the...
May 07, 2020 02:52 am UTC| Politics Health
President Donald Trump has been lately pushing for the reopening of the U.S. economy. However, health experts are concerned that easing social distancing this early could mean the death sentence for many...
May 06, 2020 10:20 am UTC| Politics Science Health
Scientists have yet to determine the exact origin of the coronavirus, which has now seen over 71,000 deaths in the United States and over a million cases. Despite President Donald Trumps theory that the virus originated in...
Can you get the COVID-19 coronavirus twice?
May 05, 2020 08:31 am UTC| Health
Governments are starting to lift restrictions and some are considering immunity passports, where all restrictions are lifted for those previously infected. But are you immune from COVID-19 if youve already been...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight