Jun 26, 2020 06:54 am UTC| Health
Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the countrys ineffective pandemic response on an American anti-science bias. He...

Healthier food can contain more contaminants – but there's a simple way to stay safe
Jun 21, 2020 12:00 pm UTC| Health
A recent study found that brown and organic rice sold in the UK tends to contain significantly more arsenic than white inorganic varieties that are often considered less healthy. Arsenic is found in many foods but can be...
Jun 21, 2020 11:38 am UTC| Health
Today is a far cry from what we hoped for and expected from 2020. After Australias disastrous summer of bushfires, the unprecedented upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen serious social and economic effects for us...
Dexamethasone: what is the breakthrough treatment for COVID-19?
Jun 21, 2020 11:24 am UTC| Health
Six months and eight million positive cases since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Wuhan, scientists have announced the first major breakthrough in the search for a drug to fight the disease. A research team at Oxford...
Jun 21, 2020 04:07 am UTC| Health
Many cancers, especially in earlier stage disease, are treated by removing the tumour. But even after the tumour has been removed, theres still a chance that cancer cells remain in the body and the cancer can come back....
Does wearing contact lenses put you at greater risk of getting COVID-19?
Jun 21, 2020 04:07 am UTC| Health
Can the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for COVID-19, be transmitted by tears or by touching the eyes? Are contact lens wearers therefore more at risk? As these questions arise, heres what you need to know. A Chinese...
Rural America is more vulnerable to COVID-19 than cities are, and it's starting to show
Jun 21, 2020 03:49 am UTC| Health
Rural areas seemed immune as the coronavirus spread through cities earlier this year. Few rural cases were reported, and attention focused on the surge of illnesses and deaths in the big metro areas. But that false sense...