Coronavirus cases are growing exponentially – here's what that means
Apr 04, 2020 06:42 am UTC| Health
In the U.S., scientists stress that the number of coronavirus cases has been growing exponentially. In ordinary speech, the term exponential usually means really fast. To mathematicians like myself, and to scientists...
There are many COVID-19 tests in the US – how are they being regulated?
Apr 04, 2020 06:39 am UTC| Health
When it comes to COVID-19 testing in the United States, the situation is about as messy as it gets. The U.S. went from having no tests, or assays, available for COVID-19 diagnostics to having multiple different tests...
Managing postpartum depression: New moms isolated by coronavirus pandemic
Apr 04, 2020 06:28 am UTC| Health
Up to one in five women will develop postpartum depression, a condition that can adversely affect the thoughts, emotions and functioning of mothers, as well as the mental health of their partners and children. Adjusting...
Facing the coronavirus crisis together could lead to positive psychological growth
Apr 04, 2020 06:28 am UTC| Health
Although news reports of hoarding, and panic-buying might make it hard to believe, research shows that natural disasters, like the novel coronavirus pandemic, can actually bring out the best in people. Although times of...
Cancer cure: Here are 5 treatments that can help treat the deadly disease
Apr 03, 2020 08:43 am UTC| Health
Cancer is a disease that people fear because it is not exactly treatable and the procedures usually require a lot of money. Cases also vary, there are types of cancer that develop slowly while there are also some that...
Apr 03, 2020 08:37 am UTC| Health
HIV/AIDS has been on the news often in the 80s because that was the time when it was first brought to the knowledge of the people. It suddenly emerged on the headlines as that period showed a surge in the number of people...
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