How are nurses becoming infected with Ebola?
By C Raina MacIntyre
American nurse Nina Pham is the second health worker to contract Ebola outside of West Africa while caring for patients with...
How a memory boost from exercising could pass on to your baby
By James Cooke, University of Oxford
We all know that exercise is good for our bodies, but current research is revealing that it is also...
What do world university rankings actually mean?
By Steven C. Ward, Western Connecticut State University
From the “best beaches” to the “best slice of pizza” to the best hospital to have cardiac...
End to HIV no closer as early treatment fails to cure baby
By Reema Rattan, The Conversation
A second case of a baby who was ostensibly “cured” of HIV after early treatment has been discounted as a...
How to be a world leader when you grow up – pick the right...
By Morgen Witzel, University of Exeter
What do the prime ministers of Singapore, Malaysia and Finland have in common with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Colombian...
What can we learn from other countries’ health systems?
By Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute
Health systems in all wealthier countries face similar problems, but their solutions are widely different. That should mean we can...
Nobel Peace Prize: extraordinary Malala a powerful role model
By Nazima Rassool, University of Reading
The Nobel Peace Prize is a major achievement in itself. For it to be awarded – jointly with the...
Invasion of the strange sailor jellyfish – what are they, and will they sting...
By Cathy Lucas, University of Southampton
Billions of small, jellyfish-like creatures known as “by-the-wind sailors” have washed ashore all along the west coast of North...
