Two-thirds of UK citizens agree that curbs on freedoms put in place during the pandemic should be rolled back afterwards, according to a major study the Law Society, the...
February 10th, 2021Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales rose to a record high during 2020, according to the latest official statistics, writes Adam Forrest for The Independent....
A study from the School of Global Public Health at New York University has found that depression and anxiety contributed to increased drinking during the pandemic,...South Africa
A "sombre" President Cyril Ramaphosa has indicated that the government might not be able to achieve everything it planned due to the pandemic, including its landmark...
January 6th, 2021Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have suggested that countries led by women have fared better than those led by men. This popular narrative has appeared in...
November 11th, 2020People whose treatment for cancer is delayed by even one month have 6% to 13% higher risk of dying – a risk that keeps rising the longer treatment does not begin –...
October 28th, 2020Top global infectious diseases scientist and US presidential adviser Dr Anthony Fauci told doctors in South Africa during a PPS-sponsored webinar that it should be known...
October 28th, 2020The British government had seized on the coronavirus to "exercise coercive powers over its citizens on a scale never previously attempted,”, said the country's former...
October 14th, 2020Dr Anthony Fauci is one of the world’s leading infectious diseases experts, the face of science in America during COVID-19, and advisor to President Donald Trump. He...
People are engaged in a frenzy of disinfecting anything and everything they touch, despite science telling us that surface cleaning to prevent COVID-19 is largely...
