Why it's unclear whether private programs for 'troubled teens' are working
Jan 28, 2020 08:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
I first became interested in what Ive learned is called the troubled teen industry more than 20 years ago, when my parents sent me away to a program they thought would help me finish high school. At that point I was...
What the latest coronavirus tells us about emerging new infections
Jan 28, 2020 08:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Viruses are quick studies. Theyre prolific at adapting to new environments and infecting new hosts. As a result they are able to jump the species divide from animals to humans as the new coronavirus in China is...
Coronavirus outbreak: WHO's decision to not declare a global public health emergency explained
Jan 28, 2020 08:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The World Health Organizations decision to not declare the novel coronavirus outbreak in China a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, will surprise many. The number of reported cases and deaths is...
Messages about male circumcision aren't clear: why this is dangerous
Jan 28, 2020 08:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
In March 2007, international experts endorsed voluntary medical male circumcision as a partial but effective way to reduce the risk of HIV infection in men. According to the World Health Organisation, medical male...
Cheap diuretic pill could help with autism symptoms
Jan 28, 2020 08:23 am UTC| Health
It is possible to improve symptoms in autistic children with a cheap generic drug, our latest study shows. The drug, bumetanide, is widely used to treat high blood pressure and swelling, and it costs no more than 10 for a...
More than skin deep, beauty salons are places of sharing and caring
Jan 28, 2020 08:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
What happens when people visit beauty and hair salons? Are trips to the salon simply about shaping how one looks on the outside, or can these spaces involve something deeper? Research shows that beyond beauty, salons...
Coronavirus: Disease may have originated from bats
Jan 28, 2020 04:01 am UTC| Health
The recent epidemic that is the coronavirus has plagued the world, and more and more cases of people who tested positive for the disease are popping up. As doctors and scientists are hard at work trying to keep the disease...
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