‘Artificial light is doing things to the environment that we don’t even think about’
Covid-19 variants are new versions of the virus that are smarter at surviving. But before we can understand what these changed forms mean for vaccines, we first need to go back to the basics. We take you through the evolution of the virus and what this means for your body’s defences.
Women will be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly considering their contribution as caregivers, in both professional and domestic settings
Europe’s far-right nationalists are closing their borders and using Covid-19 as a guise to deport and deny entry to refugees and asylum seekers
High-perfoming computers can analyse huge swaths of health data accurately and quickly
Between November 2015 and May 2018, Brazil’s health ministry registered more than 3 000 cases linked to Zika infections during pregnancy
Good things are being said about the World Health Organisation since Ethiopia’s man came on board
This year wasn’t pretty but from its ashes may rise important scientific advances that could change the course of history.
Everyone wants to host mega-events despite the cost and other problems, such as terror attacks.
The World Health Organisation has recommended that people potentially exposed to the Zika virus should practice safe sex.
Scientists have confirmed that the virus causes microcephaly.
Federal money left over from the fight against Ebola will now go to combating the growing threat of the Zika virus, the Obama administration has said.
Cape Verde, which recorded 22 suspected cases of Zika in the first week of March alone, has reported its first case of microcephaly.
With the help of new technologies, global health organisations aim to eliminate malaria in Africa in the next 15 years.
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/ 22 February 2016
Health authorities say the visitor diagnosed with the mosquito-spread virus has recovered and there is minimal likelihood of a local outbreak.
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/ 18 February 2016
Vaccines take centre stage in times of crisis but outside of public health emergencies they do not always get the attention they deserve.
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/ 18 February 2016
The Ebola outbreak on the continent showed how countries with poor health systems are unfit to fight epidemics.
Six months before Rio de Janeiro hosts the next Olympics, the country is struggling with a Zika epidemic and political and economic woes
“We can use the technologies from other flaviviruses to get the product made by the end of 2016”
A Brazilian graduate has been thrust into the spotlight after writing a book about living with microcephaly