Health Research

Work pressure is killing 840,000 people a year, finds UN report

The hard hat for physical labour saved millions of lives. So did the safety guard on the factory press, the chemical hazard label,

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Health Opinion

GLP-1 drugs fuelling an eating disorder crisis?

Swati Sri April 27, 2026: Glucon-like Peptides-1 (GLP-1) agonists  stabilize blood glucose by stimulating insulin secretion and suppressing glucagon production in the body.

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Drugs Health

WHO clears malaria treatment designed specifically for newborns and infants

Swati Sri April 25, 2026: The World Health Organisation (WHO), prequalified the first anti malaria treatment developed specifically for newborns and young infants

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Health Opinion Research

Fake research papers fuelling AI algorithms, turning fiction into fact

HQ Team April 21, 2026: When a Swedish researcher named Almira Osmanovic Thunström invented a disease called “bixonimania” in early 2024, she expected

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Health Research

Governance through waiting rooms; how the state uses time as a tool of control

Healthquill Team and Bhartijay April 21, 2026: In 2011, sociologist Javier Auyero spent six months sitting in a welfare office in Buenos Aires.

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Health Research

WSU study reveals how endometriosis rewires the brain to amplify chronic pain

Swati Sri A Washington State University (WSU) study has uncovered the biological mechanism behind one of the most frustrating aspects of endometriosis: why

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Health

Newly recognized Type-5 diabetes may be affecting 25 million people worldwide

Swati Sri April 15, 2026: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has officially recognized a distinct fifth type of diabetes known as Type 5

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Drugs Health Pharma

Novartis AG to acquire Exellergy for $2 billion, expand allergy portfolio

Novartis AG will buy a US-based private biotech company, Excellergy, Inc, for $2 billion to expand its allergy portfolio.

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Uncategorized

Genetic study finds how Kenya’s Turkana survive with almost no water

HQ Staff writer March 26, 2026: Deep in the sun-scorched lands of northern Kenya, where temperatures soar and water sources vanish for months

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Drugs Health Pharma

Merck to buy Terns for $6.7 billion as Keytruda drug patent loss looms

Merck & Co will buy Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage oncology company, for $6.7 billion to pocket an investigational drug to treat a

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