HEALTH

California legalized recreational cannabis in 2016, but it remains on the federal list of controlled substances.

A study published in the journal PNAS Nexus and conducted by scientists in New Zealand, found that people who opposed vaccines had a difficult childhood. It added that these experiences instilled a distrust for authority in them.

The US State Department has asked non-emergency US government workers to leave the consulate in Shanghai as the city continues to see a surge in Covid-19 cases.

An Australian woman found guilty of killing her three-month-old daughter has been spared a jail sentence after a court found out that she was suffering from postpartum depression when the incident occurred.

A study by researchers from the UK has found microplastics for the first time deep in the lungs of living people. The tiny particles were found in 11 of the 13 samples tested for their presence.

The rate of deaths by suicide during the fifth Covid wave in Hong Kong reached a crisis level, according to a new study carried out by researchers at the University of Hong Kon

A large-scale study by scientists in the UK found that there was no increased risk of brain tumours in mobile phone users when compared to those who did not use one.

The UK hospitals have issued warnings asking people to be cautious as the cases of Norovirus infection have been increasing slowly when the country is already struggling to cope with Covid-19.

China has had to shut down the Disney resort located in its financial hub of Shanghai as the country faces its worst Covid-19 outbreak in the last two years.

Scientists have developed a new drug called Lynparza which can reduce the risk of women dying from breast cancer by 32%. The trials also showed tghat the drug reduced the chance of recurrence by 42%.

The researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have found that pet hamsters were the most likely source of the latest Covid-19 outbreak in Hong Kong. The Delta variant of the coronavirus has been leading the current surge in the region.

The scientists in France have detected a strain of the coronavirus that appears to have combined mutations from the Omicron and Delta variants of Covid-19. They believe that the mutation may have been circulating since early January in several regions of the country.

The first person in the world to receive a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig passed away two months after the surgery. US-based David Bennett had undergone the surgery on January 7 earlier this year.

A study conducted by scientists in the UK has revealed that Covid-19 infection changes the human brain. The findings which have now been published in the journal Nature are based on the health data of 401 people who have had Covid and 384 healthy persons.

Shannon Beattie, the chief operating officer of a Queen's University spin-out company that has been working on a project that will aid early diagnosis of ovarian cancer, will be awarded £50,000 for her efforts in the field.

The scientists in Canada have found a highly mutated version of the coronavirus in white-tailed deer, one that may have also have infected a person in the southwestern Ontario region. It could become the first known case of deer to human transmission once confirmed.

The doctors in Canada happened to accidentally record the brain activity of a dying man which revealed that the man probably recalled important life events during his last moments.

Many of those affected by the condition find accessing treatment and managing their condition difficult.

When it comes to getting the most effectiveness out of a CBD routine, naturally, dosage and potency play a huge role.

Nadal has overtaken Djokovic and Federer after he won his 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open last week.

The right to leave a legacy is something that is all too often assumed by those more privileged, However, for those who were traditionally excluded from such an opportunity, it may well be perceived as something destined for other reference groups.

The student refused to get the Covid-19 vaccine thinking that she can avoid serious complications because she is still young.

She suffered a well-known condition called "toxic shock syndrome"

Lake County praised the verdict and said that between 2012 and 2016, some 265 pills for every resident were dispensed in the area.

Britain had also been too slow to introduce the isolation of infected people and their households

The inoculation campaign was hailed as a success story that helped drastically reduce infections, but Israel is again registering thousands of daily cases.

Limited supply and pockets of vaccine hesitancy have slowed efforts to inoculate Australians, with just over 20 percent of the population now fully vaccinated.

Outside the Olympic bubble, Japan hit new virus records, with the capital accounting for a large portion of the numbers.