Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO chief to 'push until we get the answer' on Covid origins

The World Health Organization will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the COVID-19 pandemic started, the agency's chief said Wednesday following a report suggesting it had abandoned the search.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

World may be tired, but virus 'not tired of us': WHO chief

The World Health Organization's chief called Monday on everyone to keep fighting COVID-19, warning that while we may be sick of battling the pandemic, the virus is "not tired of us".

Addiction

An age of anxiety and drug use in COVID-19

UNSW's Dr. George Dertadian says the anxieties, stresses and strains people are dealing with in the pandemic could be influencing the use of drugs in society.

Psychology & Psychiatry

'Sticks and stones...' but words can indeed hurt you, study finds

Words can hurt or help a person's psychological well-being, according to a new study from the University of California, Irvine. Researchers found that the effects of negative and positive political rhetoric about immigration ...