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...

Decades of research document the detrimental health effects of BPA – an expert on environmental pollution and maternal health explains what it all means

Whether or not you’ve heard of the chemical bisphenol A, better known as BPA, studies show that it’s almost certainly in your body. BPA is used...

How do drugs know where to go in the body? A pharmaceutical scientist explains why some medications are swallowed while others are injected

When you take aspirin for a headache, how does the aspirin know to travel to your head and alleviate the pain? The short answer is, it...

Period delay tablets can help you temporarily skip your period – here’s how they work

There’s an underlying law of the universe which dictates a woman’s period will always arrive just in time to disrupt important plans. For any woman who’s...