Lung cancer: quitting smoking regrows protective lung cells – new research
Feb 03, 2020 12:27 pm UTC| Health
We know that quitting smoking is an excellent way to reduce your risk of developing lung cancer. But until now, experts werent quite sure why this was the case. Our latest research has uncovered that in people who quit...
Coronavirus: Fear of a pandemic, or a pandemic of fear?
Feb 03, 2020 12:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The coronavirus outbreak in China raises important questions about how well governments manage the latest pathogens to jump the species barrier and infect humans. The virus known as 2019-nCoV has now been diagnosed in...
Anthrax vs. cancer – researchers harness the deadly toxin to cure dogs and hopefully people
Feb 03, 2020 12:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Can the feared anthrax toxin become an ally in the war against cancer? Successful treatment of pet dogs suffering bladder cancer with an anthrax-related treatment suggest so. Anthrax is a disease caused a by bacterium,...
What the coronavirus emergency declaration means for Canada
Feb 03, 2020 12:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided the outbreak of 2019-nCoV constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) as more countries reported confirmed cases of the...
Wuhan coronavirus: crisis management is a test to Xi Jinping's powers
Feb 03, 2020 12:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The emerging coronavirus epidemic has placed Wuhan at the epicentre of the crisis. The city, along with an area containing 50 million people, is currently under an anti-epidemic lock-down, a hybrid measure between...
Wuhan, the coronavirus and the world: Thinking beyond isolation
Feb 03, 2020 12:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Public fear seems inevitable given the alarming updates on the coronavirus outbreak, and isolation in the forms of lockdown and quarantine has become our default response. As a social scientist in globalization...
Coronavirus: Middle-aged males with pre-existing conditions are most at risk of infection
Feb 03, 2020 09:11 am UTC| Health
No one is immune to diseases like the coronavirus, but some demographics are known to be the most at risk. A new report reveals that a certain demographic has a high risk of getting infected by the current pandemic. The...
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