Indonesia records its largest 1-day jump in COVID infections
Indonesian health authorities announced the country’s largest one-day jump in new coronavirus infections on Monday, as the number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began crossed...
Category: Health
A child psychiatrist offers advice on helping kids deal with trauma
This has been a year like no other. The ever-present nature of racial trauma in society has been challenging for all of us, especially children and...
Clinical trial populations are often not proportionate to populations affected by the disease
U.S. researchers—who only a half century ago largely excluded women from clinical trials—now ensure they comprise half the study participants in National Institutes of Health-funded research.
UK citizens of South Asian heritage most likely minority ethnic group to choose COVID vaccination
People of South Asian origin are the most likely of all Britain’s minority ethnic communities to agree to COVID-19 vaccination—the safest way to reach population immunity,...
COVID vaccination has turned into a ‘battle of the brands’. But not everyone’s buying it
When we were hanging out for a COVID-19 vaccine in 2020, it was a bit like a horse race. We asked ourselves which vaccine would get...
How a protein named STING assaults viruses and cancer cells that invade us
The molecular world is full of surprises, and none more stunning than those occurring among the infinitesimal proteins that drive the activities guarding against viral infections...
New insight into how the brain makes decisions in changing environments
Over the past decades, psychologists and neuroscientists worldwide have been trying to gain a better understanding of how humans make simple decisions about the state of...
Aussie kids are some of the least active in the world. We developed a cheap school program that gets results
Australian children are among the least active in the world. In a recent study, Aussie kids ranked 140th out of 146 countries for physical activity.
Surgical treatment of brain tumors should also be considered for the elderly
A Finnish study indicates that neurosurgical treatment of benign brain tumors improves the quality of life of elderly people in good health and adds to their...
Climate change lengthening allergy season
Air levels of pollen and mold spores in the San Francisco Bay Area are elevated for about two more months per year than in past decades,...
