Coronavirus vaccine: how we're preparing to make enough for the whole world
May 14, 2020 10:12 am UTC| Health
There are 102 candidate vaccines being explored as a means of ending the COVID-19 pandemic, as of April 30. Eight of these have already made it to clinical trials in humans, and another 94 are in the pre-clinical...
Coronavirus: New technologies can help maintain mental health in times of crisis
May 14, 2020 10:11 am UTC| Technology Health
Over the past few weeks, there has been a considerable and unprecedented increase in awareness of the importance of mental health. In fact, no mental health awareness campaign has ever had as much impact as the one sparked...
May 12, 2020 19:51 pm UTC| Politics Health
President Donald Trump recently made a post on social media saying that coronavirus numbers are decreasing almost everywhere. However, his claim is in contrast to an unreleased White House report showing that coronavirus...
May 12, 2020 17:51 pm UTC| Politics Health
President Donald Trump tweeted recently that testing for coronavirus in the U.S. is the best in the world. However, Joe Biden expressed satisfaction with the way the Trump administration handled the coronavirus pandemic in...
Juuling among US youth is about the cool factor, new study suggests
May 09, 2020 07:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
In less than a decade, e-cigarette use among high schoolers in the U.S. has skyrocketed, from almost none in 2011 (1.5%) to more than one-fourth in 2019 (27.5%). Alarm bells have sounded for doctors, parents and schools;...
Coronavirus found in semen of young men with COVID-19
May 09, 2020 07:24 am UTC| Health
We dont know much about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but we are learning new things about it every day. The latest bit of the jigsaw puzzle comes from a small study conducted in China, which found SARS-CoV-2...
May 08, 2020 08:19 am UTC| Health
HIV/AIDS cure is needed to end the infection that is destroying the immune system of infected individuals. Human Immunodeficiency Virus a retrovirus that reproduces once and creates more viruses until the cell burst and...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects