Health

Abe Shinzo, Japan’s longest-serving and most incumbent prime minister in decades, has been fired from his post over health complications. After weeks of speculation fueled by recent hospital visits, Abe officially raised some suspicions: Although his chronic ulcerative colitis is not life-threatening, he is simply too ill to rule. “I …

Due to Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University August 28, 2020 Mice without CNOT3 in pancreatic beta cells have fewer insulin-producing cells, leading to diabetes. Credit: OIST An egg white that is common in the body plays an important role in regulating glucose levels, says new research conducted …

The risk of dying from COVID-19 increases with age.Credit: Jose Coelho / EPA-EFE / Shutterstock For every 1,000 people infected with the coronavirus who are under the age of 50, almost no one will die. For people in their fifties and early sixties, about five will die – more men …

Jessica Renteria is driving a pram with her two children to the Los Angeles Zoo, as it reopens in Los Angeles, California on August 26, 2020, after it was shut down on March 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic. – The reopening of the zoo will see online reservations, limited …

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made a secret film called “Coronation” in Wuhan, the central Chinese city that became the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, during its strict lockdown. The internationally renowned artist, whose work has called for attention to human rights violations and government corruption in China, said he …