Mar 12, 2020 15:47 pm UTC| Health
Anywhere from 20% to 60% of the adults around the world may be infected with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. Thats the estimate from leading epidemiological experts on...
Science continues to suggest a link between autism and the gut. Here's why that's important
Mar 11, 2020 00:46 am UTC| Health
Many people will associate autism with traits including atypical social interactions, repetitive behaviours, and difficulties with speech and communication. But perhaps lesser known is the fact people with autism are...
Opioid marketing to Canadian doctors hyped benefits, downplayed harms
Mar 10, 2020 11:54 am UTC| Health
Between January 2016 and June 2019 there were over 13,900 deaths from opioid overdoses in Canada, 4,500 of which occurred in 2018. Based on information to date, 2019 is likely to have a similar mortality rate. Most deaths...
How big will the coronavirus epidemic be?
Mar 10, 2020 11:02 am UTC| Health
The Harvard historian Jill Lepore recounted recently in The New Yorker magazine that when democracies sink into crisis, the question where are we going? leaps to everyones mind, as if we were waiting for a weather forecast...
What's the difference between pandemic, epidemic and outbreak?
Mar 10, 2020 05:49 am UTC| Health
The coronavirus is on everyones minds. As an epidemiologist, I find it interesting to hear people using technical terms like quarantine or super spreader or reproductive number that my colleagues and I use in our work...
Should you listen to music when you work?
Mar 10, 2020 05:47 am UTC| Health
Do you like to listen to music when you work? Pose this question at a party, and youll probably get some polarizing responses. Some will say they love it, claiming that it improves their performance; others will say...
Coronavirus: it's time to debunk claims that vitamin C could cure it
Mar 10, 2020 05:41 am UTC| Health
Vitamin C is a common remedy that some people believe will cure the common cold and flu. Although it helps us maintain good immune function, theres little evidence that it can prevent or substantially reduce either of...
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