COVID-19: India records world’s biggest single-day cases
By The Conversation | 2 years ago
The previous record one-day rise in cases was held by the United States, which had 297,430 new cases on one day in January, though its tally has since...
Coronavirus testing: 6 facts you need to know
By The Conversation | 4 years ago
Glenda Mary Davison, Cape Peninsula University of Technology As COVID-19 spreads throughout the world, the need for more extensive laboratory testing ...
How contagious is coronavirus and can you spread it before symptoms start?
By The Conversation | 4 years ago
C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW Cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have increased dramatically over the past week, prompting concerns about how contagious the vir...
What the discovery of a new HIV strain means
By The Conversation | 4 years ago
The discovery of a rare new strain of HIV for the first time in nearly 20 years recently made headlines around the world. The big question is what the...
Kenya: why ‘big men’ cohesion is more important than ethnicity to political stability
By The Conversation | 4 years ago
By: Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham; Gabrielle Lynch, University of Warwick, and Karuti Kanyinga, University of Nairobi Kenyan politics is oft...
Daniel arap Moi: the making of a Kenyan ‘big man’
By The Conversation | 4 years ago
Gabrielle Lynch, University of Warwick Daniel arap Moi – Kenya’s president from 1978 to 2002 – has died at the grand age of 95. The only extende...
How ‘safe’ are you on your your birth control pill?
By The Conversation | 4 years ago
About one-third of women using contraception use the pill. But how effective is the birth control pill? There are two types of contraceptive pill �...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: why half in, half out just isn’t an option for royals
By The Conversation | 4 years ago
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to step back from royal duties has been described as a crisis for the monarchy, but they are the ones who ...
The hushed downside of Kenya’s quick mobile loans
By The Conversation | 4 years ago
Over the past 10 years mobile-based lending has grown in Kenya. Some estimates put the number of mobile lending platforms at 49. The industry is large...
Should fruit juice really be part of your diet? Experts weigh in
By The Conversation | 4 years ago
Fruit juice was once viewed as part of a healthy diet, but today it is often seen as supplying little more than a high dose of sugar. Increasingly, fr...
