Kellen Chen, University of Arizona The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Reducing a skin graft’s responsiveness to its...
Ed Feil, University of Bath The latest outbreak of monkeypox has, at the time of writing, reached 17 countries with 110 confirmed cases and a further...
Sarah Hellewell, Curtin University Loss or alteration of taste (dysgeusia) is a common symptom of COVID. It’s also a side effect of several illnesses and medications,...
Ridhwaan Suliman, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research As COVID took hold in South Africa, daily case numbers grew. But the numbers people were seeing online...
GENEVA – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told global health ministers on Sunday that although reported Covid-19 cases and deaths have declined significantly, it...
You’ve probably read the stories proclaiming that eating blueberries reduces your risk of dementia, or red wine is good for your heart, or coffee protects against...
Up to 30% of people with depression don’t respond to treatment with antidepressants. This may be down to differences in biology between patients and the fact...
On May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a single case of monkeypox in a patient who had...
OTTAWA — The risk posed by monkeypox is low, but nearly everyone in Canada is susceptible because routine vaccination against smallpox ended decades ago, top public...
With the rising spectre of the loss of women’s reproductive autonomy in the United States, it’s timely to consider why abortion is an important and necessary...