Most cases of B virus infection have involved laboratory workers handling captive animals or monkey tissues
Microplastics and nanoplastics are an emerging threat to cardiovascular health
Miracle of birth as a nightmare: India needs urgent policies to protect women’s obstetric rights
Hope is not the same as optimism, a psychologist explains — just look at MLK’s example
The middle-aged brain changes a lot — and it’s key to understanding dementia
The brain may be going through accelerating, as opposed to gradual, change during our 40s and 50s
Grab the pathogens, but don’t share the drugs
Developing countries led by the African bloc fight for access to vaccine and therapy at WHO talks on pandemic policy
Microplastics have been found in human placenta: Is it a ticking bomb?
Several studies have documented presence of nano and microplastics in foetuses; unrealistic to assume they pose no risk
Rising prevalence of eco-anxiety and climate anxiety is a growing concern
Eco-anxiety has both positive and negative effects on environmental education, ecological crisis and hindrances
Alabama ruling frozen embryos are equivalent to living children has worrying implications for IVF
The judgement that in Australia only one embryo is transferred & none frozen is demonstrably false
IQ tests: the danger of reading too much into them – and the crucial cognitive skills they don’t measure
The ethos of a modern school is rightly not driven by a preference to educate only those children who ...
What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality
Alaskapox — a virus in the same family as smallpox, cowpox and mpox — claimed its first fatality in January 2024
How India’s COVID lockdowns impacted menstrual health
Limited access to period products during India’s COVID lockdowns highlighted how far public health initiatives have to go when ...
Screen time can seriously harm your eyes: here’s how to avoid it
dry eye disease affects anywhere from 5% to 50% of the world’s population
Anger, sadness, boredom, anxiety — emotions that feel bad can be useful
Different emotions can result in better outcomes in particular types of situations
A new virus-like entity has just been discovered – ‘obelisks’ explained
Obelisks have a circular single-stranded RNA genome and no protein coat but, like viruses, their genomes contain genes that ...
Women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s – but our research suggests a specific brain enzyme could protect them
New possibilities of increasing oestrogen activity in the brains of women have the potential to become preventative therapy against ...
Dietary fibre affects more than your colon: How the immune system, brain and overall health benefit too
Fibres can also have microbe-independent effects on our immune system when they interact directly with receptors expressed by our ...
Sarah Ferguson diagnosed with malignant melanoma – here are the latest treatments for it
While melanoma is much more common in people with the duchess’s skin type, it’s important to be aware that ...
China’s population shrinks again and could more than halve — here’s what that means
China’s population has shrunk for the second year in a row
How India’s sweets industry has adapted to diabetes
The link between sweets and diabetes has introduced a new challenge that sweets shops have decided to tackle head-on
Breakthroughs and burdens in a century of diabetes treatment
Since the discovery of insulin, diabetes treatment has made huge advances, but the condition has grown into a global ...
Rains & mosquito-breeding: How flooded cities become hotbeds for long-term public health hazards
Mosquitoes laying eggs that remain dormant until the next rainy season can lead to a resurgence of diseases, presenting ...
Socials of the pandemic
For generations, and also in the immediate future, the COVID-19 pandemic will be remembered for this: how the world ...
Pharma is getting high on marijuana
As drug companies develop cannabis-based medicines for serious illnesses, generic firms are trying to get into the act
India: How COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women
Economic abuse tends to involve controlling and coercive behaviour by a woman’s partner, in-laws or other family members