Want cannabis stores banned in your town? Read this first
Aug 23, 2018 23:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
With Ontario Premier Doug Ford handing the provinces municipalities the right to prohibit retail cannabis stores in their communities, he has displayed a populist penchant for municipal autonomy. But prohibiting...
Opioid epidemic – the global spread explained
Aug 21, 2018 17:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The US has been in the grips of an opioid epidemic since the 1990s, with massive rises in the use and misuse of opioids such as morphine and codeine. There has also been a parallel rise in the number of opioid-related...
Genetically modified mosquitoes may be best weapon for curbing disease transmission
Aug 21, 2018 16:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Mosquitoes are some of the most deadly creatures on the planet. They carry viruses, bacteria and parasites, which they transmit through bites, infecting some 700 million people and killing more than 1 million each...
Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic
Aug 21, 2018 16:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
One hundred years after the Great Influenza pandemic of 1918, global health leadership stands at a crossroads. The United States continues to expand its policy of isolationism at a time when international cooperation in...
Why it matters that teens are reading less
Aug 21, 2018 16:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago. But todays teens have come of age with smartphones in their pockets. Compared to teens a couple of decades ago, the way they interact with...
Knife crime: important new findings could help us understand why people carry weapons
Aug 21, 2018 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Social media, drill music and middle-class drug use have been variously blamed for the sudden increase in knife-related murders of young people in England and Wales. But not only are these assertions about why people carry...
Babies need more than tummy time to strengthen necks and prevent flat heads
Aug 21, 2018 16:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Supervised, awake tummy time is recommended to facilitate a babys development and minimise flat head syndrome. But some babies dont like tummy time, and will kick up an almighty fuss to let you know. Luckily, tummy...
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
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