Carissa Wong

Carissa Wong

Live Science Contributor

Carissa Wong is a freelance reporter who holds a PhD in cancer immunology from Cardiff University, in collaboration with the University of Bristol. She was formerly a staff writer at New Scientist magazine covering health, environment, technology, nature and ancient life, and has also written for MailOnline.

Articles by: Carissa Wong

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Irregular sleep may increase your risk of dying from cancer and heart disease

By Carissa Wong published

Waking and sleeping at inconsistent times may increase the risk of dying from cancer or heart disease death in middle-age and older adults.

Two elephants greeting each other at the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa.

Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves

By Carissa Wong published

Wild elephants play, help sick members of their species and babysit each other's young, suggesting they domesticated themselves.

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We're nowhere near reaching the maximum human life span, controversial study suggests

By Carissa Wong published

Human longevity records may be broken in the next few decades, a new modeling study suggests.

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Why are sexually transmitted infections on the rise in the US?

By Carissa Wong published

Surging STIs are being driven by a "perfect storm" of factors in the U.S.

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COVID-19 linked to 40% increase in autoimmune disease risk in huge study

By Carissa Wong published

COVID-19 may substantially increase the risk of developing autoimmune disease, a huge study of health records found.

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Dozens of genes linked to thyroid disease risk in largest study of its kind

By Carissa Wong published

112 genes were linked to thyroid conditions in a large genomic study.

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