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Social media is so often plagued by disinformation that it’s easy to overlook its positive effects. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, when vaccine denialism and dangerous fallacies flooded platforms, millions of people around the world relied on those same channels for timely knowledge on the virus and how to avoid it. In fact, several research studies have shown regular social media users were better informed about the virus and more likely to follow public health guidelines.

For the first time, scientists have shown that gut bacteria differences are associated with later development of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, a debilitating rheumatic childhood disease, and that these differences are present years before the disease is diagnosed.

Poor air quality affects mental health in many ways, according to a new review of evidence published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania found that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth experienced more interpersonal discrimination based on others perceiving them as lesbian, gay, or bisexual and were four times more likely to attempt suicide. Additionally, LGB youth living in areas of the country with more structural stigma experienced a larger mental health burden than their peers. These findings stress the urgency for addressing interpersonal discrimination and structural stigma toward LGB youth.

Published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers led a study that demonstrated the safety of using microbiota transplant therapy (MTT) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—a type of blood cancer—and recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).

Record-breaking heat waves are pummeling the United States and the world, causing many to wonder how much of this a body can take and still survive.

Teenagers who witness different types of violence are more likely to carry a firearm, according to a new study led by the University of Michigan.

You have probably heard of “fight or flight” responses to distressing situations. You may also be familiar with the tendency to “freeze.” But there is another defense or survival strategy a person can have: “fawn.”

The New Brunswick legislature recently passed a motion to improve indoor air quality in the province’s public buildings “to reduce the spread of airborne illnesses, such as COVID-19.”

By NATION REPORTER 

THERE is no one in the Patriotic Front (PF) who is advancing that former president Edgar Lungu should stand for presidency in 2026 but Zambians are the ones advocating for his comeback because they have suffered the failures of the current government, Bowman Lusambo has said.