Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Monkeypox outbreak needs a united response, says WHO Africa

Africa must be part of a united global fight against monkeypox, the World Health Organization's Africa office said Thursday, as countries in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere respond to unusual outbreaks of the disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Thailand bars entry as state of emergency bites

Thailand barred entry into the kingdom late on Wednesday, enacting sweeping emergency powers in a bid to stem the local spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Thai monks make virus masks from recycled plastic

A Buddhist monk scrawls a prayer on an orange face mask beseeching "an end to the suffering" caused by the deadly coronavirus—a finishing touch to the facial covering weaved out of recycled plastic at one Thai temple.

Health

Myanmar Muslim hospital offers hope in troubled times

From political activists freed after years in Myanmar's jails to stricken and impoverished families, all are welcome at Yangon's Muslim Free Hospital—a symbol of unity in a country riven by religious unrest.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Teaching the neurons to meditate

In the late 1990s, Jane Anderson was working as a landscape architect. That meant she didn't work much in the winter, and she struggled with seasonal affective disorder in the dreary Minnesota winter months. She decided to ...

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