Health

Medical experts: WHO announcement Covid-19 is a pandemic changes nothing, whether it’s an outbreak, epidemic or pandemic, virus still poses very significant risk to global public

March 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

Dr Ed Wright, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of Sussex has said that the announcement from the WHO that Covid-19 is a pandemic does not change anything. He [...]

Health: People infected with Covid-19 may be symptom-free for 5 days

March 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

As we learn more about the virus Covid-19, new research suggests that people with the virus may not have detectable symptoms for around 5 days, but should be expected to show [...]

Covid-19: those self-isolating should try to self-isolate from their family members too

March 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

While the mortality rate is not yet accurately known experts are saying that those who are self-isolating should try to self-isolate from their family members too. Prof Tom [...]

WHO: No country should make ‘fatal’ mistake of ignoring COVID-19 – the virus does not respect borders

February 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

UN health agency chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said “Whether we get it wrong or right is in our hands… every country must be ready for its first case, its first [...]

Health: COVID-19 virus is on the verge of becoming a global pandemic because it’s hit the world’s major democracies

February 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Covid-19 virus is on the verge of becoming a global pandemic because it has hit the worlds major democracies. The World Health Organization said on Thursday Italy, Iran, [...]

Science: Study warns more sexual partners leads to a higher cancer risk

February 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

A recent study out of the UK has shown that having more than 10 sexual partners over your lifetime is linked to a higher risk of cancer. Researchers studied the data of more [...]

Health: Australian teens not getting enough sleep

December 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

A study of the sleep patterns of Australian children and adolescents has found that around a quarter of 12-15 year-olds and half of 16-17 year-olds are not getting enough sleep on school nights to meet national sleep guidelines. [...]

Food system is failing us: Countries facing both obesity and undernutrition

December 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

According to the Lance, more than one in three low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition with twin presence of obesity and undernutrition reflects [...]

Report: Many young gay men already had an STI before taking PrEP

December 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

Many young gay men are taking action to prevent getting HIV and spreading HIV by taking preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), however according to new Australian led research a lot [...]

Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities

December 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

Asha Bowen, Telethon Kids Institute and Steven Tong, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Antibiotic-resistant infections already cause at least 700,000 [...]