Zika via sex and blood: how worried should we be?
Feb 04, 2016 05:56 am UTC| Health
For a fairly non-descript virus, Zika continues to surprise us. Zika has hit the headlines yet again with the news that theres been transmission in Brazil of two cases by blood transfusion. This is on top of the recent...
People with a mental illness discriminated against when looking for work and when employed
Feb 04, 2016 02:01 am UTC| Health
A survey of people with mental illness has found more reports of discrimination than positive treatment while they were looking for work. In the survey, 1386 people with diagnosed mental illness were asked about how...
Zika emergency status a cause for alert, not alarm
Feb 04, 2016 01:55 am UTC| Health
Overnight, World Health Organisation Director-General Margaret Chan declared the outbreak of Zika virus a public health emergency. So what does this mean? This is the fourth time the WHO has declared a state of...
Explainer: what is Guillain-Barré syndrome and is it caused by the Zika virus?
Feb 04, 2016 01:55 am UTC| Health
The recent outbreak of Zika virus in South America has been a cause of concern. This is not because Zika itself is a serious condition, but because it is believed to be linked to birth defects when expectant mothers are...
Want to improve motivation? Try this reward
Feb 03, 2016 14:14 pm UTC| Health
Last semester I experimented with a new idea in my consumer behavior class. I gave pop quizzes on the assigned readings but with a little twist. First and foremost, students were not required to take the quizzes. But if...
Three ways synthetic biology could annihilate Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases
Feb 03, 2016 14:08 pm UTC| Health
In just a few short weeks, Zika has shot from being an obscure infection to a headline-hitting public health disaster. The virus is spreading rapidly across the Americas (and potentially beyond), is suspected of being...
Do fitness trackers make you fitter?
Feb 03, 2016 14:06 pm UTC| Health
Nearly 20m fitness trackers were sold last year. These digital devices which track everything from heart-rate to the number of steps you take are sold on the promise that they will help the owner lose weight and become...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects