Everything you need to know about chickenpox and why more countries don't use the vaccine
Aug 04, 2016 10:02 am UTC| Health
Recent calls for the introduction of a vaccine against chickenpox (varicella-zoster virus infection) following a severe case of the disease in Cambridge, England may surprise many parents who consider the disease to be a...
How old is too old for a safe pregnancy?
Aug 03, 2016 09:30 am UTC| Health
This week, an Australian woman delivered a baby at the age of 62 after having in vitro fertilisation (IVF) abroad. Few women can naturally conceive a baby later in life without the help of IVF and these are rarely...
Sofosbuvir – what's the price of a hepatitis C cure?
Aug 03, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Sofosbuvir is one of a number of new direct-acting antiviral drugs revolutionising the care of people living with hepatitis C. Combinations of two or three hepatitis C virus direct-acting antiviral drugs taken for 8-24...
Why Big Tobacco has reason to fear the waking divestment giant
Aug 03, 2016 06:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
This week The Guardian published a long-form profile by veteran journalist Gideon Haigh of Dr Bronwyn King. The doctor who beat big tobacco https://t.co/fIcP2Jmuh6 Guardian Australia (@GuardianAus) August 1,...
Why many people don't talk about traumatic events until long after they occur
Aug 02, 2016 05:38 am UTC| Health Life
When longtime former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed suit July 6 for sexual harassment against the networks former boss, Roger Ailes, the public response was less than kind. There were expressed disbelief and...
As coal mining declines, community mental health problems linger
Aug 02, 2016 05:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The U.S. coal industry is in rapid decline, a shift marked not only by the bankruptcy of many mine operators in coal-rich Appalachia but also by a legacy of potential environmental and social disasters. As mines close,...
One in five police officers are at risk of PTSD – here's how we need to respond
Aug 02, 2016 05:27 am UTC| Health
Policing is undoubtedly a stressful occupation, with officers often facing potentially traumatic situations. They may be exposed to disaster, hostage situations, sexual and physical assaults, shootings, mutilations and...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects