British scientists are primed to create the next pandemic vaccine in 100 days as super-lab Porton Down develops prototypes to tackle ‘Disease X’ Experts work on high-security project at top-secret government laboratory They are developing prototype vaccines to tackle ‘Disease X’ when it hits READ MORE: UK watchdog accused of ‘obfuscation’ of Covid vaccine deaths British […]
‘I saw a woman being told that her child had been killed. She crumpled to the floor emitting this most animal cry of anguish, the most disturbing sound you could possibly imagine.’ Those are the harrowing words of writer Tom Parfitt, who witnessed the horrors of the Beslan school siege while working as a Moscow […]
US singer Tony Bennett dies aged 96 Tony Bennett drew his last breath on July 21, 2023, following a devastating dementia diagnosis. The singer had opened up about getting a diagnosis in 2016 just a few months before his passing. In a handful of interviews at the time, his wife, Susan Benedetto, gave fans an […]
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved for the first time a pill to treat postpartum depression, a condition believed to affect around half a million women in the country every year. The antidepressant drug, called zuranolone, is “the first oral medication indicated to treat postpartum depression (PPD) in adults,” the FDA said […]
A new episode of our podcast, “Show Me the Science,” has been posted. These episodes feature stories about groundbreaking research, as well as lifesaving and just plain cool stuff involving faculty, staff and students at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this episode, Washington University researchers discuss the Food and Drug Administration’s […]
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More people are becoming full- or part-time vegetarians. In fact, 42 per cent of Australians are trying to eat less meat or are choosing to go without completely. Reducing or eliminating our consumption of meat and animal products […]
Children and teens living in food-insecure homes in Ontario, Canada are more likely to access the mental health care system. The finding is from a study involving 32,321 children and adolescents, of whom 5216 (16.1%) were living in food-insecure households. “There is some indication that the more severe the food insecurity in the household, the […]
We all have times when we feel anxious about our future; perhaps this is more acute for many people this summer, as we experience unprecedented wildfires and heat waves due to the warming climate. General anxiety intensifies climate or “eco”-anxiety. This can spur some people to climate action, while for others it can lead to […]
Brain tumour: Cancer Research UK on 'different types' in 2017 Edward Lewis, a loving father from Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, endured a harrowing ordeal when his inability to speak and read bedtime stories to his children was dismissed as anxiety. The 36-year-old had sought medical help, visiting his GP and consulting various psychologists on multiple occasions. […]
