Marina Demidiuk/ShutterstockAny new infectious disease is an unknown to pregnant women, as it might affect the pregnancy and the developing...

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The news that inmates in Thailand are being handed capsules of a herbal medicine called green chiretta (Andrographis paniculata) to...

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A mural in Rome depicts a white dove parachuting vials of COVID-19 vaccine. Several COVID-19 vaccines are based on a...

Jacob Lund/ShutterstockThe benefits of breastfeeding are wide-ranging and life-changing. Breast milk contains antibodies that reduce the risk of asthma, allergies,...

Varavin88/ShutterstockBack in the summer of 2021, the UK government’s pandemic modellers predicted that there would be a significant COVID outbreak...

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Clinical trials demonstrate how effective vaccines are individually, but the real world shows how effective they are at a population...

Subbotina Anna/ShutterstockAlthough COVID infections are currently low or in decline in most western countries aside from the UK, there’s still...