The co-author of the book ‘Conspirituality’ explains how the far right is embedded in the world of wellness, obsessed with self-improvement but also with the dynamics of power and domination
The specialist in neurodevelopmental issues argues the case for banning social media for under-16s: ‘Those who had a smartphone with free access to internet content before the age of 15 have worse mental health indicators’
EL PAÍS reconstructs a record‑breaking weekend of simultaneous surgeries and helicopter organ transfers to save four lives within a critical window
Organoids, which the professor is researching, are transforming drug experimentation
A hot mic caught the leaders of China and Russia exchanging ideas about increasing their own longevity that science doesn’t support. They’d be better off focusing on healthy lifestyles for the years they may have ahead of them
The Trump administration’s unscientific moves are alarming international public health experts, who are calling for a stronger European role
The American researcher warns that Trump’s policies could delay some medical advances by several years
The difficulties of getting diagnosed, a lack of knowledge among health professionals and few biomarkers make it challenging to recognize and treat the disease
In the absence of details on how the new variant behaves, experts believe that the biggest difference is not in the virus itself, but in the environment
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, where most cases of mpox are concentrated, is facing a health emergency amid a humanitarian crisis. Thirteen African countries have so far confirmed cases of the virus
Is it a pandemic? How does it spread? What are the risks outside Africa? Here’s what we know about the new outbreak that has the WHO on alert
The organization has taken the measure due to the expansion of an apparently more lethal variant of the virus in Africa, which declared its first-ever public health emergency in response
The regional director of WHO Europe discusses what was learned from the Covid-19 health emergency, and what can be done to address falling vaccination rates and rising numbers of STIs
The WHO is investigating how the first human death caused by the H5N2 variant occurred, but the agency sees it as very unlikely that it can be transmitted between people
An oncological experimental applied therapy, thanks to the CRIS Foundation, brought about remission in the case of a seven-year-old boy whose alternative was palliative care
The United Kingdom’s cuts to international development funding threaten to reverse the path towards eliminating the so-called neglected tropical diseases in several African countries
Guille is two years and eight months old. He lives with Desanto Shinawi Syndrome (DESSH), a rare pathology diagnosed in only about 100 people around the world
The co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Research Institute is researching a groundbreaking therapy that could free millions of people from insulin injections
Experts believe it is a major leap forward in the fight against malaria, although it is not a silver bullet to end the disease
The professor at Spain’s Miguel Hernández University has studied the psychological consequences of global warming in university students and young people from vulnerable backgrounds
Infections are increasing, but experts have detected no greater severity in symptoms or resistance to vaccines in the most recent strains circulating worldwide
The European Commission has announced plans to ban this compound, which is present in a wide variety of food packaging and is now considered a health risk
Yvonne Greenstreet, CEO of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, believes we are facing a new generation of drugs that will write ‘new chapters in medicine textbooks’
The family of a 31-year-old Albanian who died in hospital in Barcelona has been campaigning for Spain to repatriate the organ for DNA tests, on suspicion that it was stolen for a transplant
As sexually transmitted infections are skyrocketing, the practice is linked to a public health problem
Since 1990, deaths from this disease in Europe have increased by 70% and those related with liver disease by 25%
One in three Europeans claims to have been the target of age-related stereotypes. The practice weighs most heavily on the elderly and even has an impact on the treatment they receive from doctors
