COVID-19 vaccines: how and when will lower-income countries get access?
Jan 19, 2021 05:50 am UTC| Health
COVID-19 vaccination programmes are gathering pace in high-income countries, but for much of the world, the future looks bleaker. Although a number of middle-income countries have started rolling out vaccines, widespread...
Jan 19, 2021 05:48 am UTC| Health
Reports of about 30 deaths among elderly nursing home residents who received the Pfizer vaccine have made international headlines. With Australias Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) expected to approve the vaccine...
Hepatitis D: how the virus made the jump from animals to humans
Jan 19, 2021 04:49 am UTC| Health
Pandemics past and present have been caused when pathogens germs that cause disease move between animals and humans, as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) did when it made its way from bats to people. But not...
Some key questions answered on COVID-19 vaccines for African countries
Jan 19, 2021 04:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Vaccines for COVID-19 are generating a lot of talk. To shed some light on which vaccines are available for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and how the process will work, The Conversation Africas Ina Skosana and Ozayr...
Joggers and cyclists should wear masks – here's why
Jan 19, 2021 04:42 am UTC| Health
England is deep into its third lockdown, yet the daily tally of new COVID cases and deaths remains sickeningly high. As Chris Whitty, the countrys chief medical officer, said recently, more needs to be done to bring the...
Alzheimer's: new research shows a leap forward in identifying neurons vulnerable to the disease
Jan 19, 2021 04:42 am UTC| Health
Alzheimers disease is a devastating condition that is currently unstoppable and incurable. The main cause of the disease is the loss of neurons and other brain cells in the brain also know as degeneration. This...
Health crisis: up to a billion tonnes of waste potentially burned in the open every year
Jan 14, 2021 07:27 am UTC| Health
As much as one billion tonnes of waste could be burned in open and uncontrolled fires around the world each year, according to one estimate close to half of all the municipal solid waste generated on Earth. But even if...
Melania Trump reportedly did not personally write her thank you notes to White House residence staff