Is 2022 the year of recovery?
The third year of pandemic is beginning and everyone is wondering if it will be the last year we worry about Covid-19. Hope is not lost, but the Omicron variant has reframed the entire trajectory of...
Category: Health
Omicron: what everyone wants to know
The new SARS-CoV-2 variant was reported a few days ago in South Africa. Since then, it has been identified in Belgium, Botswana, United Kingdom, Israel, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia,...
Podcast Showcase: Healthcare Soothsayers
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Healthcare Soothsayers. Sum up your podcast in...
Autism Speaks: who’s speaking?
I am a pain in the ass to shop for. When I was a kid, I had some very… unrealistic rules about the way my clothes fit: no tags, no stitching, no dry-fit, no velvet, no microfiber, and nothing...
Edgar Ramírez: “My grandmother Bertha died of Covid a month ago”
Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez is one of the most successful Latino artists in Hollywood right now. Ramirez, who has been nominated for the Emmy and Golden Globe, is known for roles in TV series and...
Acid attack: “I want to forget everything”
After I saw the photos of Masoumeh Ataei as a model for the first time, I was shocked. "What happened to her?" I asked myself, staring at the burns and scars on her face, which contrasted with the...
COVID variants: could dangerous new ones evolve in pets and farm animals?
Sarah L Caddy, University of Cambridge People have been panicking about COVID-19 in animals since the very start of the pandemic. There’s now plenty of evidence that SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus...
Entitled tourists cause exasperation in Bali
Last April, a video of a YouTuber wearing a fake “mask” went viral in Indonesia. The content creator had a fake mask painted on her face and entered a supermarket with her friend. Their prank was...
Choosing to cope with Covid-19 at home
Dayana contracted Covid in April 2021. Her husband, son, brother and mother-in-law caught it too, locked up at home with treatment from the beginning. Their house became a kind of medical center,...
Farewell to Dad in times of Covid
Covid can be harsh, relentless and painful, but many of us don't know that until we are close to it. I never imagined we would live through pandemic times, much less that my dad would die of...