Archive for May 2024

The first step in fighting an infection or disease is to label it correctly, i.e., to get an accurate diagnosis. If you live in a high-income country or a fairly well-developed urban area, this doesn’t seem like much of a problem. You visit the nearest lab or call a health professional to your home to…

Prefab is not a fad: The history of modular construction   People often have the misconception that prefabricated modular construction is an unstable and cheap quick fix. They couldn’t be more wrong.   Prefabricated construction, in pharma and beyond, is far from a passing trend. It has been part of the engineering and construction industry…

Excessive thirst, the need to urinate frequently, tiredness, weight loss, blurred vision. The onset of symptoms like these often indicates the development of diabetes and a lifetime of managing high blood glucose and related health issues. Think kidney failure, stroke, heart attacks.   A universal problem?   In 2021, 529 million people across the world…

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, or the SDGs: 17 goals and many more targets for the world to meet by 2030.   Goal 3 is to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.   Target 3.3 is to end the scourge of communicable diseases, a significant one being the HIV/AIDS…