Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Opinion: Major COVID course correction immediately required

Australian governments must immediately take action to tackle the present COVID crisis by delaying the return to face-to-face schooling, and reinstating necessary infection mitigations and financial supports.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO warns of virulent COVID variant risk

The World Health Organization on Wednesday laid out three possible paths that the COVID-19 pandemic might follow in 2022—with a new, more virulent variant the worst-case scenario.

Medical research

Needle-free vaccine patches coming soon, say researchers and makers

Effective vaccines, without a needle: Since the start of the COVID pandemic, researchers have doubled down on efforts to create patches that deliver life-saving drugs painlessly to the skin, a development that could revolutionize ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Helping people manage breathlessness at home during COVID-19

Researchers in the Cicely Saunders Institute at King's College London have produced a simple guide to manage breathlessness at home during the COVID-19 outbreak. The guide offers simple tips known to ease breathlessness for ...

Genetics

Newly mapped genes may hold keys to ADHD

Millions of American kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have a genetic vulnerability to the disease, a new study suggests.

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