In sealing off a city of 11 million people, China is trying to halt a coronavirus outbreak using a tactic…
Poor mental health ‘both cause and effect’ of school exclusion
Children with mental health needs require urgent support from primary school onwards to avoid exclusion, which can be both cause…
Opportunities and Challenges of Disruptive Innovation in Medicine using Artificial Intelligence
Within healthcare, there are numerous simple yet tedious jobs to experiment artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as automating check-ins and…
Trigeminal Trophic Syndrome: A Cause of Dysesthesia and Persistent Facial Ulceration
A woman in her 70s presented with a non-painful, enlarging lesion on the left cheek for six months’ duration. She…
Traces of the European enlightenment found in the DNA of western sign languages
Sign languages throughout North and South America and Europe have centuries-long roots in five European locations, a finding that gives…
What it’s like to live without a sense of smell
New research reveals the impact of smell loss. As many as one in 20 people live without smell. But until…
Informing immunization programs globally
Adolescents can harmlessly carry the meningococcus bacteria in the back of the throat with only a very small proportion developing…
Surprise discovery shakes up our understanding of gene expression
A group of scientists has uncovered a previously unknown way that our genes are made into reality. Rather than directions…
Coronavirus outbreak in China traced to snakes
Emerging viral infections — from bird flu to Ebola to Zika infections — pose major threats to global public health,…