カテゴリー: Health
Debate over treatment of people with mental illness revived as authorities launch investigationA video of a woman apparently locked against her will in a filthy shack has gone viral in China, prompting an investigation as well as a conversation about t…
Omicron’s ‘close cousin’ has mutations that could alter how it behaves and has begun to surpass Covid’s most common variety in parts of Europe and AsiaSee all our coronavirus coverageThe highly transmissible Omicron variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus – th…
We would like to hear from readers in Aotearoa about how they’re dealing with tighter restrictions and preparing for a surge in Covid casesLast week New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said the arrival of Omicron was not a matter not of if but wh…
Technique using artificial scabs made from a patient’s own blood could also help those with diabetes, say doctorsDoctors at a Nepal hospital trialling a new treatment for skin wounds say the technique, which mimics the scabbing process, has “enormous p…
Proposal for hair regrowth on public healthcare insurance by Lee Jae-myung criticised as populist by opponentsSouth Korea’s ruling party presidential candidate has ignited a fierce debate after proposing that the country’s public healthcare insurance s…
Psychologist Ratnaboli Ray’s recovery from a mental health crisis inspired her to fight for women suffering in ‘abysmal’ conditions in West Bengal’s state institutionsPhotography by Ranita Roy for the GuardianRatnaboli Ray regards one of the lowest poi…
South Korea reports record 109 deaths from Covid in one day; Australia revives mask-wearing indoors, capacity limits and QR code check-insChina locks down 13 million people in northern city of Xi’anRisk of hospital stay 40% lower with Omicron than Delt…
Sperm Positive launched in New Zealand in 2019 in an effort to reduce the stigma faced by HIV-positive people Olivia and Amy are sitting outside in the shade, trying to escape from New Zealand’s early-summer humidity. Amy, 10 months old, burbles happil…
Legislation will mean people currently aged 14 and under will never be able to legally purchase tobaccoNew Zealand has announced it will outlaw smoking for the next generation, so that those who are aged 14 and under today will never be legally able to…
With up to one in five new mothers suffering depression or psychosis, experts say the need for help is ‘overwhelming’ IndiaA month after giving birth, Divya tried to suffocate her new daughter with a pillow. “There were moments when I loved my baby; at…
Criminalisation means survivors are vulnerable to blackmail to avoid imprisonment and stigma, but there is hope the colonial-era legislation could soon be repealedIt was when the police knocked on Aatifa Farooqui’s* door and threatened to send her to p…
Animals slaughtered and restrictions introduced in response to outbreaks of the virus in a number of countriesSeveral outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), i…
Japan ranks among the most Covid-immunised countries, but only months ago the story was very differentCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEarly this year, as Japan’s coronavirus cases began another ominous rise, the country seem…
Levels of PM 2.5 particulates hit 20 times safe levels as agricultural fires add to city’s air pollution crisisAuthorities in Delhi have announced that schools are to close for a week as the Indian capital’s pollution control body warned of a looming h…
UK government’s latest Covid case figures show 37, 269 people tested positive; only 61% of Latvian adults are fully vaccinated, less than EU average of 75%Europe once again at centre of Covid pandemic, says WHOUK first country to approval oral antivira…