COVID-19 cure: Scientists discover reason behind one side-effect of the disease

Oct 13, 2020 10:05 am UTC| Science Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many people all over the world, forcing people to spend most of the year indoors until a vaccine or cure is developed. As countries experience another wave of coronavirus cases,...

Rough sleeping fell during the pandemic – but can this success be sustained?

Oct 09, 2020 08:02 am UTC| Health

Two weeks after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic, the UK government announced Everyone In, a scheme to protect people sleeping rough from catching the virus. The policy was highly...

Pulmonary hypertension: why creating awareness is key in Africa

Oct 09, 2020 07:03 am UTC| Health

Pulmonary hypertension is elevated blood pressure that occurs exclusively in the lungs. It is a deadly condition that affects an estimated 75 million people worldwide. Around 80% of them live in low- and middle-income...

An autoimmune-like antibody response is linked with severe COVID-19

Oct 09, 2020 07:01 am UTC| Health

In the earliest days of the pandemic, many immunologists, including me, assumed that patients who produced high quantities of antibodies early in infection would be free from disease. We were wrong. Several months into...

Thai food, living 'hygge'… What drives us to consume products from other cultures?

Oct 09, 2020 07:00 am UTC| Health

When was the last time you went out for a Thai meal, got items from the ethnic isle of a supermarket, wore a pashmina, or watched a foreign film? Many of us consume culturally-cued offerings, either recurrently or for...

Belly fat linked to higher risk of premature death, regardless of your weight

Oct 05, 2020 13:35 pm UTC| Health

Its well known that carrying extra fat around your waist can be harmful to your health, bringing greater risk of developing illnesses such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. But a recent study found that, regardless of...

Coronavirus: the three types of vaccine hesitancy authorities need to combat

Oct 05, 2020 13:30 pm UTC| Health

There are high hopes that one or, with any luck, several of the COVID-19 vaccines in development will bring an end to the pandemic. The most promising are often invoked in government briefings and by the media, with their...