False information fuels fear during disease outbreaks: there is an antidote
Feb 09, 2020 23:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
False allegations and rumours about the coronavirus outbreak have been running riot on social media and in some mainstream media. Misinformation is rampant and conspiracy theories have added to the confusion. Examples...
The story of the pharma giant and the African yam
Feb 09, 2020 23:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
It was a drug produced in Nottingham in the United Kingdom that led us on a journey to South Africa to visit muthi markets, archives, herbariums and nature reserves. We spoke with traders, healers, scholars and...
What Freud tells us about Chair Girl – and ourselves
Feb 09, 2020 23:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The case of Marcella Zoia or Chair Girl, as shes been dubbed by Toronto media has captured the attention of the city for a year now. Each time Zoia makes a court appearance, the news cycle fills with pictures and videos...
The coronavirus and Chinese social media: finger-pointing in the post-truth era
Feb 09, 2020 23:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
As public health authorities in China and the world fight the novel coronavirus, they face two major communication obstacles: the eroding trust in the media, and misinformation on social media. As cities, towns,...
HIV/AIDS cure: Scientists make breakthrough in a possible permanent cure
Feb 07, 2020 05:15 am UTC| Health
The world today may be on alert for the rampant Coronavirus, but scientists have not left out continuous research for a cure to HIV/AIDS, which has plagued millions of people everywhere. A new report reveals that another...
Thinking about taking a break from alcohol? Here's how to cut back or quit
Feb 06, 2020 13:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Its February and many people are starting to put into place their New Years resolution to drink less alcohol. Events like FebFast can encourage and support these good intentions. But around 30% of people who start...
US workplaces are nowhere near ready to contain a coronavirus outbreak
Feb 06, 2020 13:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The new coronavirus has spread rapidly around the globe since its discovery late last year in China. It has now infected more than 19,700 people worldwide and killed at least 425, prompting travel bans, citywide...
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