Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?
Feb 04, 2020 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. There have been nearly 10,000 cases of the so-called 2019-nCoV in China, 23 countries...
Coronavirus fears can trigger anti-Chinese prejudice. Here's how schools can help
Feb 04, 2020 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Every disease outbreak brings an accompanying outbreak of fear. Already were seeing coverage on the spread of coronavirus fear which leads to misinformation, an effect on the economy and, perhaps the most alarming,...
How do I know if my child is developing normally?
Feb 04, 2020 13:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Its your three year olds birthday and hes having a party with his day care friends. You watch as the other three year olds ask for more cake and answer questions about what theyre wearing. But your child doesnt say...
What needs to happen for better cancer prevention and control in Kenya
Feb 04, 2020 12:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe are leading in new cancer cases in Africa. In 2018 Kenya was reported to have 47 887 new cancer cases (130 cases daily) and 32 987 deaths (90 daily). This marked a 30% rise since...
Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots
Feb 04, 2020 12:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Early this year, China confirmed the first case of a new strain of coronavirus (2019nCoV) isolated from a cluster of people with a respiratory syndrome in Wuhan. Within weeks it had spread to 11 countries mostly in...
Quarantines have tried to keep out disease for thousands of years
Feb 04, 2020 12:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The recent global spread of a deadly coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, has led world leaders to invoke an ancient tradition to control the spread of illness: quarantine. The practice is first recorded in the Old...
Insects, seaweed and lab-grown meat could be the foods of the future
Feb 04, 2020 12:18 pm UTC| Health
The world is facing a major food crisis where both obesity and hunger are rising in the context of rapidly changing environments. The Food and Agriculture Organization has presented alternative food sources such as...
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