In what could be yet another blow to South Africaʼs struggling sugar industry and beverage companies, leading international scholars want SA to double its sugar tax to...
April 14th, 2021A meta-analysis presented at the IBD Liver Disease Conference found that coffee drinkers had up 47% lower risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and was also...
A trio of studies demonstrate low risk of COVID-19 infection and spread in schools, including limited in-school COVID-19 transmission in North Carolina, few cases of the...
December 16th, 2020Despite the COVID-19 global mantra of ‘No one is safe until we are all safe’, the world's wealthy nations have not only hogged vaccine supplies coming on-stream...
November 4th, 2020There were 54.6m more days of poor mental health among adults in states that voted for Hillary Clinton in December 2016, compared to October 2016, according to a study....
October 21st, 2020A second wave of infections has led to renewed interest in ending the COVID pandemic through a herd immunity approach, write 80 prominent scientists in a warning letter...
A common drug, already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), may also be a powerful tool in fighting COVID-19, according to research.
SARS-CoV-2, the...
May 6th, 2020
A new novel disinfection process, developed in collaboration with Washington University School of Medicine, uses vaporised hydrogen peroxide. Test results from a pilot...
Donald Trump has been condemned for putting countless lives at risk when he announced the US is freezing payments to the World Health Organisation (WHO) over its...
February 26th, 2020
Individuals who exhibit lifelong-persistent antisocial behaviour – for example, stealing, aggression and violence, bullying, lying, or repeated failure to take care...
