Dr. Peter Hotez warns about dangers of reopening schools with this level of transmission in community. HOUSTON — As we begin a new work week, Houston is reporting more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fifth day in a row. The city also reported eight new deaths related to the virus. "I certainly don't…
Perception and Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD, have turned this view on its head. They carried out a series of experiments to find out how people detect objects under different conditions. They suggest that the brain’s representation of an object includes how someone perceives it — not just how it truly is.…
ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte talks about the party's new anti-racism campaign.Duarte discusses racial tensions in the United States and whether South Africa is truly a rainbow nation.On Thursday, Duarte called on South Africans to wear black every Friday for three weeks to take a stand against racism.This week, the world watched as cities…
interview with Ministerial Advisory Committee member Professor Glenda Gray.Last week, Gray came under fire over comments in which she criticised some of the government's lockdown regulations as "unscientific" and, in some cases, thumb-sucked.In the interview, she claimed there were increased malnutrition cases in children at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital - a comment she later clarified. Gray also…
Good morning, Do our genes decide whether or not we are vulnerable to severe cases of Covid-19? That’s the implication of new research, which found that people with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of dementia are at least twice as likely to suffer severe symptoms if they catch the coronavirus – regardless of…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to