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In January, early reports out of China started to hint that people infected with the coronavirus were contagious before they started to show symptoms. That’s unusual for a respiratory virus like this one, and it worried public health experts all over the world: it’s much harder to control the spread of a disease if someone…

By Michael Le Page Sickle cell disease can distort red blood cellsStocktrek Images, Inc/Alamy Two people with beta thalassaemia and one with sickle cell disease no longer require blood transfusions, which are normally used to treat severe forms of these inherited diseases, after their bone marrow stem cells were gene-edited with CRISPR. Result of the…

DEAR AMY: I’m gay and in a long-distance relationship with my partner/boyfriend. I live in a city on the East Coast and he lives in a city on the West Coast. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune)  I visit as often as I can, but until we can live together, we’re not monogamous. I don’t…

University of Cape Town constitutional law expert Pierre de Vos on Wednesday argued South Africa should get rid of inheritance and heavily tax it as a form of redistribution in the country. On his popular blog, Constitutionally Speaking, De Vos said inheritance was a method white South Africa was able to retain the wealth they accumulated…

Two scientists analysed the article and estimate its overall scientific credibility to be very low more about the credibility rating A majority of reviewers tagged the article as: Misleading. SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article by CNBC, published on 8 June 2020, reported comments by the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the significance of asymptomatic COVID-19…