The day after heavy drinking can affect your body, energy levels and perception of risk in many ways. So swim before you drink, not the other way round.
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Fireworks in public displays are very safe. But being in a dense crowd can have risks, so know what to look out for.
Households that relied on groundwater and rainwater consumed 381–406 grams more sugary drinks per week than those with access to a piped water system.
If you’re taking the boat out this summer, or going to a Christmas or New Year’s Eve party on a boat, here’s what to know if you plan to drink alcohol.
Many claims about the dangers of vaccines come from misrepresenting scientific research papers.
For some, the current peak of the wave has passed. For others, it’s more a slow rise in cases. Here’s what we can expect as the festive season approaches.
Being presented with facts doesn’t do much good if you don’t feel like your core values are respected. That’s especially true when it comes to health care decisions.
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
The debate over adding fluoride to drinking water is almost as old as the practice itself.
Raw milk can carry many dangerous germs − now including the H5N1 virus that causes avian flu.
Although the health benefits of fluoride have been well-documented for decades, some say its use infringes on personal choice.
The test involves taking a swab from the vagina, but otherwise is not dissimilar to a COVID test.
A new book outlines the ways in which austerity has been the biggest driver of shorter life expectancy in Britain.
The average life expectancy was just 46 for those who’d accessed homelessness services in the year leading up their death.
The critical debate of research is welcome and necessary. But the incidents documented in our study go far beyond this.
New research puts a dollar value on the health benefits of visits to national parks within reach of the city. It works out to almost $100 worth of savings to the health budget for every visit.
A bad night’s sleep on Sunday, the start of a new project and changing weather over the weekend can all affect what happens on site on Mondays.
Rather than winging it when an unusual health event crops up, health officials take a systematic approach. The goal is to quickly figure out what’s going on and squash any outbreak before it spreads.
Warmer weather is here and so are the mosquitoes. Here’s what happens when a mozzie bites and our body reacts.
Floods destroy health, transport, water and energy infrastructure, with dire consequences for vulnerable people.
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Extraordinary Professor, Global Health, Stellenbosch University; South African Medical Research Council
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Executive Secretary, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director, The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne