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There is a new trend among the millennials popularly called ‘mermaiding’ and ‘wanderlusting’. Unlike the past generation, millennials are more into experiencing what the world has to offer than acquiring things. Ordinary travelers become bloggers and Instagram celebrities, and they make a full-time living out of it. We’ve now put together some of the beaches visited […]
British baby gets world’s most expensive drug – on the NHS: Three-month-old with spinal muscular atrophy receives £1.8MILLION life-changing therapy Riley Cadle-Birch, from Gloucester, given Zolgensma to treat deadly disorder Gene therapy teaches body to make new proteins and prevent muscle loss Zolgensma costs £1.79million per dose and is administered via an IV transfusion A three-month-old […]
The small archipelago nation of Seychelles, northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, has emerged as the world’s most vaccinated country for COVID-19. Around 71% of people have had at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, and 62% have been fully vaccinated. Of these, 57% have received the Sinopharm vaccine, and 43% AstraZeneca. Despite […]
Adjunct Associate Professor Sue Roffey at Western Sydney University has co-authored a visionary new book titled “Creating The World We Want To Live In: How Positive Psychology Can Build a Brighter Future,” that imagines a future based on the science of wellbeing. It is a book to promote both hope and action. Drawing on leading […]
Tourists are major contributors to any country’s economy, as most people nowadays prefer to travel and experience the many diverse cultures in the world. Unlike the past, traveling is now more affordable, faster, and more convenient. There is no wonder that the aviation is now a fully-developed industry! A tally of the best airports is […]
The world is on the “brink of a catastrophic moral failure” if rich countries hog COVID-19 vaccine doses while the poorest suffer, the head of the WHO said Monday. World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus denounced the “me-first” attitude of wealthy nations and also blasted vaccine manufacturers for chasing regulatory approval in rich countries […]
At first sight, they look like regular containers. But the rectangular boxes made by German company Va-Q-Tec will in fact play a key role in keeping life-saving COVID-19 vaccines ultra cool as they are shipped across the world. After Britain this week became the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for general use, other […]
A plant which had previously been dismissed as not being medically useful, could prove to be a hero in disguise, after scientists discovered it not only stops the growth of breast cancer cells but does not affect normal cells—a potential first for future cancer chemotherapy treatment. The ground breaking research by the team of Professor […]
Based on reported cases, Unverricht-Lundborg disease, also known as progressive myoclonic epilepsy-1A (EPM1) is more common in Finland than anywhere else in the world, a new study finds. The researchers combined data from various registers and hospital records to explore the prevalence and disease course of EPM1 in Finland. Published in Neurology, the study was […]
A new study projects that 3.1 billion people will still lack effective health service coverage in 2023, with 968 million of those residing in South Asia. This falls short of the World Health Organization (WHO) goal of 1 billion more people benefiting from universal health coverage (UHC) between 2019 and 2023. Universal health coverage is […]