Metaphors matter: Why changing the name ‘monkeypox’ may help curb the discriminatory language used to discuss it

As we pass the one-month milestone of the current monkeypox outbreak, reports are emerging that the World Health Organization (WHO) intends to change the name of...

Women are at greater risk of stroke, the more miscarriages or stillbirths they’ve had

New research shows women who have had a miscarriage or stillbirth, have an increased risk of stroke – when blood can’t get to the brain, because...

How digital tech can help people with asthma manage their meds and reduce the risk of attacks

Modern medical science has made remarkable progress in the treatment of asthma. Inhalers containing steroids are particularly effective in preventing an asthma attack. But getting people...

How monkeypox epidemic is likely to play out – in four graphs

Smallpox vaccines are effective against monkeypox. James Gathany/CDC The first case of monkeypox in a human was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the...

ALS still mystifying disease in 2022

ANKARA – Although the coronavirus pandemic got ahead of all the other diseases over the past two years, there was a time when people took the Ice...

Black death: how we solved the centuries-old mystery of its origins

Tombstones investigated in new research, most from 1338. P.-G. Borbone/Nature, Author provided It is not an exaggeration to say that the question of where and when...

What’s in a name? Why giving monkeypox a new one is a good idea

In its latest update on monkey pox in mid-June, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that cases had been reported from 42 member states across five...

PH Covid-19 daily case average up by 82%

MANILA – The country’s daily average of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases went up by 82 percent from June 13 to 19, the Department of Health (DOH)...

Why can you still get influenza if you’ve had a flu shot?

Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines are OK’d for the youngest kids

The shots could be available as early as June 21 in the United States The littlest kids in the United States are done waiting for their...