Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots
Feb 04, 2020 12:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Early this year, China confirmed the first case of a new strain of coronavirus (2019nCoV) isolated from a cluster of people with a respiratory syndrome in Wuhan. Within weeks it had spread to 11 countries mostly in...
Quarantines have tried to keep out disease for thousands of years
Feb 04, 2020 12:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The recent global spread of a deadly coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, has led world leaders to invoke an ancient tradition to control the spread of illness: quarantine. The practice is first recorded in the Old...
Insects, seaweed and lab-grown meat could be the foods of the future
Feb 04, 2020 12:18 pm UTC| Health
The world is facing a major food crisis where both obesity and hunger are rising in the context of rapidly changing environments. The Food and Agriculture Organization has presented alternative food sources such as...
How does the Wuhan coronavirus cause severe illness?
Feb 03, 2020 23:57 pm UTC| Health
We usually think of viral respiratory infections, like the common cold, as mild nuisances that pass in a few days. But the Wuhan coronavirus has proven to be different. Of those infected, around 2% are reported to have...
Coronavirus in Wuhan: Residents shout 'Stay Strong' from windows
Feb 03, 2020 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
In Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, residents have been shouting Wuhan jiāyóu meaning, Wuhan, stay strong out of their windows, from apartment building to apartment building, to send words of...
Coronavirus outbreak: quarantining millions in China is unprecedented and wrong
Feb 03, 2020 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. China has recorded over 8,246 cases, but just 170 deaths from the disease. As far as...
WHO declares global health emergency over coronavirus: 4 questions answered
Feb 03, 2020 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Editors note: The World Health Organization reversed course on Jan. 30 and declared the coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The first human-to-human transmission in the U.S. was announced. India...
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