Are you in danger of catching the coronavirus? 5 questions answered
Jan 27, 2020 03:21 am UTC| Health
Editors note: The Chinese government has quarantined Wuhan, a port city of 11 million people, and it has restricted travel to and from several other cities, including Beijing, to contain the coronavirus that has sickened...
The serious consequence of exercising too much, too fast
Jan 27, 2020 03:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Every 365.25 days, when the Earth completes a full orbit around the Sun, we humans have the opportunity to hit the reset button and become fitter, finer versions of ourselves. As usual for January, social media is humming...
Wuhan coronavirus: we still haven't learned the lessons from SARS
Jan 27, 2020 03:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The SARS outbreak in 2002-2003 was the first global pandemic of the 21st century. There were 8,422 reported cases and 11% of those infected with the virus died. Its cause was a newly identified coronavirus (a type of virus...
Jan 27, 2020 03:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The alarm is sounding again. The Asia financial markets were reasonably calm about the new coronavirus until the news of the lockdown of the whole city of Wuhan in China on January 23, where the first and most cases have...
The Wuhan coronavirus is now in Australia – here's what you need to know
Jan 27, 2020 03:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
New South Wales Health has confirmed three men in their 30s, 40s and 50s in Sydney have tested positive to the new Wuhan coronavirus after returning from China. This follows Australias first case of the virus in a...
Is it OK for teens to drink coffee?
Jan 24, 2020 06:09 am UTC| Health
When my daughter was around 14 years old, she began to ask if she could have a cup of coffee in the morning like Mom and Dad. As a scientist who studies the effects of caffeine the ingredient in coffee that helps wake you...
Mental health: one in three young people in England are struggling – new report
Jan 24, 2020 06:08 am UTC| Health
We have seen a dramatic change in health trends for young people in the last ten years. Across most wealthy countries, such as the UK, Australia and Canada, young peoples participation in health risk behaviours such as...
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