As cases surged in 2024 in Brazil, reports also emerged of deaths and babies born with microcephaly and other congenital malformations linked to Oropouche virus infection.
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New blood tests for Alzheimer’s won’t give you an instant diagnosis. Here’s what they’ll tell you instead.
The infamous 10,000 steps per day recommendation didn’t come from a research laboratory.
A speech-language pathologist on how complex swallowing is – and how small changes from gravity can complicate the process.
There’s an important difference between scrutiny and concern. Here’s why this matters.
There’s little transparency about who has access to deeply personal medical data or how companies handle it.
After backlash from the LGBTQIA+ community, the government agreed to include gender and sexual orientation questions in the new census. So why not intersex?
Are you straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual or another sexual orientation? The census wants to know. Here’s why.
Skincare isn’t always a case of ‘the stronger the better’. Getting the right advice helps make sure you find the best treatment for your skin.
Nearly 80% of New Zealand’s vital community care providers experience workplace violence. But like the workers themselves, the problem remains largely invisible.
A standardized framework for regulating the safety and efficacy of AI in healthcare has yet to be established.
Playing improv music activates the reward system of the brain.
If an older person believes dodgy health advice on social media, it’s easy to blame their age. But we’re all susceptible.
Young people are telling us their mental health is suffering. A new study shows why we should believe them.
Singing does something measurable to your body and brain, whether you are alone, harmonising in a choir, or singing with your friends at a karaoke bar.
Some aspects of the voluntary assisted dying process, such as eligibility assessments, can’t be discussed by phone or video conference.
Your bed is warm and it’s cold outside. Besides, you have a tickle in your throat. Should you go for that run?
An anthropologist who conducted fieldwork among Falun Gong practitioners explains the movement’s beliefs and why its followers continue to resist the Chinese government.
More than three-quarters of teachers said their university education left them poorly equipped to teach sexuality and consent education.
It’s hard to know exactly how big an issue this is today, whether this is becoming more common or how much it costs taxpayers. But here’s what we know so far.
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