RSV, flu and COVID: demystifying the triple epidemic of respiratory viruses
Jan 16, 2024 07:50 am UTC| Health
Since 2022, a triple epidemic of respiratory viruses RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 has been disrupting our daily lives. In addition, the media constantly reminds us of how this is straining emergency departments. How...
Jan 15, 2024 03:07 am UTC| Health
Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many animals, including humans. The most common microplastics in the environment are microfibers plastic...
What newly digitised records reveal about the Tuskegee syphilis study
Jan 15, 2024 02:06 am UTC| Health
In 1972, a whistleblower revealed that the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) had withheld syphilis treatment from hundreds of Black men as part of a 40-year study observing the natural course of the disease. The...
Concerned about student mental health? How wellness is related to academic achievement
Jan 11, 2024 03:36 am UTC| Health
Supporting student mental health and well-being has become a priority for schools. This was the case even prior to the increased signs of child and youth mental health adversity in and after the pandemic. Supporting...
Why you shouldn’t let guilt motivate you to exercise
Jan 11, 2024 03:36 am UTC| Health
The hardest part of consistently exercising is finding the motivation to do it. But using the wrong type of motivation for your workouts could militate against you and could even have consequences for your mental...
Can you really be allergic to alcohol?
Jan 08, 2024 22:24 pm UTC| Health
Some people get allergy-like symptoms when drinking alcohol, but can you really be allergic to alcohol? Alcohol allergies are rare, with documented cases primarily involving a rash. However, what often perplexes people...
Scabies: UK facing unusually large outbreaks – and treatment shortages appear mostly to blame
Jan 08, 2024 22:24 pm UTC| Health
Scabies is an unpleasant skin infection thats common all around the world. Outbreaks happen regularly with an estimated 450 million cases occurring globally each year. But since the start of winter, outbreaks in the UK...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects