Banda Aceh is known as the city of 1,001 coffee shops in Indonesia 's most conservative province.

Qurrata Ayuni opened Morning Mama last year to create a space for women to work or meet friends.

The 28-year-old says she and her baristas provide an alternative to rowdy, smoke-filled male haunts.

She employs five women alongside two men.

WHO authorizes the first mpox vaccine for children in an attempt to control the outbreak in Congo .

Mpox, related to smallpox, mostly causes symptoms including fever, rash, lesions and fatigue.

Children are almost four times more likely to die from the newest form of mpox first detected in eastern Congo earlier this year .

Bright light therapy works by exposing individuals to controlled amounts of intense artificial light, helping regulate the body’s internal clock and improve mood.

A typical session involves sitting in front of a light box emitting 10,000 lux of white light for 30 to 60 minutes each morning .

This approach mimics the effects of natural sunlight, helping to stabilize mood.

In studies with shorter follow-up periods, remission rates were 27.4% in the bright light therapy group, compared to 9.2% in controls.

This early response was sustained and amplified in studies with longer follow-ups.

Future trials could explore its benefits for specific subtypes of depression, such as bipolar versus unipolar depression, and include larger and more diverse samples.

A new study suggests Mississippi may be able to teach the rest of the country how to improve schools.

The state legislature pushed through a package of educational reforms in 2013 that boosted support for early childhood literacy.

In 2013 , Mississippi ranked 49th in fourth grade reading achievement.

In 2019 , the state had achieved the rank of 29th in the country.

Experts have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in the United States and other industrialized nations.

Some estimates suggest that at least 3% of primary school children exhibit CVI-related visual problems, which vary, but may include difficulty visually searching for an object or person.

Ophthalmology, 2024 ; 131 ( 12): 1359 .

Special Commentary: Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment Working Definition . Cerebral visual impairmentrelated vision problems in primary school children: a cross-section survey. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology , 2021 .

Darius A. Paduch, a former urologist, was found guilty in May of sexually abusing patients.

Prosecutors said Paduch sexually abused patients at a prominent hospital in Manhattan from at least 2007 to 2019 .

Paduch has maintained his innocence and has said some of his methods of touching patients were medically necessary.

His attorney said he would file an appeal in the coming days .

South Korea's health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched the annual World Bio Summit .

The event will run through Tuesday in Incheon , just west of Seoul , attended by more than 80 representatives from governments and global bodies.

Participants aim to share insights on post-pandemic health care agendas.

The World Health Organization approves the first mpox vaccine for children as a single dose.

Mpox, related to smallpox, mostly causes symptoms including fever, rash, lesions and fatigue.

Save the Children says children are almost four times more likely than adults to die from mpox.

Australia ’s drugs regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration ( TGA ), has approved the rapid home test for sale.

It is expected to be available in pharmacies from 13 December , with a recommended retail price of $ 24 .

The test developer, Touch Biotechnology, states that when the test was compared against urine PCR testing, it correctly identified more than 99% of positive cases for both chlamydia and gonorrhoea, and did not produce any false positives.

Psychotic-like experiences resemble symptoms of psychosis, but are milder, less frequent and more common than psychotic disorders.

Symptoms include perceptual distortions and hallucinations, suspicious paranoid thinking, delusions and bizarre, unusual thoughts.

Researchers emphasize the importance of their systematic assessment as part of adolescent care.