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Continue reading →: What the Immune Response Looks Like in Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases
By Katelyn Jones The world is currently in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 16 million confirmed cases as at 26 July 2020. One of the reasons this pandemic is so hard-hitting is because people don’t fully understand the risks involved with asymptomatic cases. Researchers in China have…
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Continue reading →: Pregnancy in the time of COVID-19
By Atoosa Amel Just before the country went under lockdown, I was listening to two radio presenters talking about the names parents could give their newborns that fitted in with the pandemic theme. They came up with names like “Pandi”, “Quarantina” and “Corona-Lisa”. One of the presenters said that when…
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Continue reading →: Embracing the true meaning of aloneness
by Teresa Steyn Here I am at my laptop at 4:45 a.m. on a Thursday morning with a sudden desire to reflect. I woke up a bit earlier and found myself tossing and turning back and forth, seeming unable to fall back to sleep. Somehow, when the idea popped into…
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Continue reading →: The impact of insomnia on physical and mental health
by Yuseung Nam “The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets” – Poppy Z.Brite, author of Lost Souls This quote highlights the time of night when the activity of body is at its lowest, melatonin levels being at the highest, body temperature and…
