Hemisphere news and latest updates(... continued page 2)

Health

Do you need more vitamin D in the winter?

Vitamin D is a nutrient your body needs to keep your bones healthy and strong. It also has properties that support your immune system and neuromuscular health.

Dec 6, 2023

0

4

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 variant maintains threat: WHO

COVID-19 remains a threat as a virus variant has been spreading steadily around the globe, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.

Nov 21, 2023

0

1

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Australia is in a new COVID wave. What can be expected this time?

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. We've seen hints of this for a while. Case numbers and indicators of severe disease began rising in Victoria in August. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to ...

Nov 10, 2023

0

Neuroscience

Left-handers don't have better spatial skills, gaming research shows

It's been debated for decades, but now researchers at the University of York and University College London have suggested that left-handedness is not linked to better spatial skills.

Nov 9, 2023

0

24

Neuroscience

Neuroscientists uncover important thinning mechanism that affects how the brain matures in adolescence

What determines how a teenager's brain is structured and how it evolves? In a scientific first, researchers led by Université de Montréal neuroscientist Tomas Paus and postdoctoral fellow Zhijie Liao have established a ...

Nov 1, 2023

0

28

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Antigen testing can reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of COVID-19 clusters, according to mathematical model

A research group has created a new model to calculate the probability of the occurrence of localized clusters caused by novel coronavirus infections. Led by Shingo Iwami at Nagoya University with collaborators in the United ...

Oct 4, 2023

0

6

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

What to expect for the flu, RSV and COVID-19 respiratory season

Influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19 are all part of the seasonal respiratory virus lineup. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the upcoming fall and winter are expected ...

Sep 29, 2023

0

6

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO calls on China for 'full access' for COVID investigators: FT

The head of the World Health Organization told the Financial Times he was ready to send a new mission of experts to China to investigate the origins of COVID-19.

Sep 17, 2023

0

2

Vaccination

Flu vaccine cut risk for influenza-linked hospitalizations in 2023

Influenza vaccination reduced the risk for influenza-associated hospitalizations by 52 percent in the March to September Southern Hemisphere 2023 influenza season, according to research published in the Sept. 8 issue of ...

Sep 12, 2023

0

8