health

The head of the World Health Organisation on Thursday tempered his assertion that the end of the Covid-19 pandemic was near, warning that declaring the crisis over was "still a long way off". Last week, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said…
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Australia's central bank has revealed that it has lost A$44.9bn ($30bn; £26.3bn) on the bonds it bought as part of its efforts to support the country's economy during the pandemic. The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) deputy…
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Climate change threatens the health and survival of urban trees, with more than half of species already feeling the heat, according to a new study. City-dwelling oaks, maples, poplars, elms, pines and chestnuts are among more…
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Here’s a look at monkeypox in the United States. In 2022, an outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). The virus originated in Africa and is the cousin of the smallpox …
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Mushrooms are having a moment, whether it’s the recent documentary “Fantastic Fungi” or their newfound trendiness as a vegan leather. September is National Mushroom Month, but because of mushrooms’ fertile growing capabilities and…
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Bucking the age-old stereotype of hard-drinking college students, Manaka Okamoto considers the next day's schedule before cracking open an alcoholic beverage. "If I have to get up early, and I think 'Oh, I should hold off on drinking',…
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Haarlem in The Netherlands is set to ban most meat ads from public spaces because of the food's climate impact. In what is thought to be the first such move by a city, it will enforce the ban from 2024. The motion…
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Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce - but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families. Long before Covid-19…
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Hong Kong police arrested two civil servants for speech crimes under its national security law, as authorities expand their crackdown on dissent to government workers. National security police arrested two men, aged 28 and 29, on Tuesday…
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A two-year-old Saudi boy underwent a life-saving procedure to remove a burst cyst, a rare congenital defect that may have resulted in a deadly brain infection. Surgeons at Makkah's Maternity & Children Hospital undertook a four-hour…
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