Credit payment holidays were made available in the UK to help people manage the financial strain of the pandemic.
If we want to see improvements in the lives of girls in Canada and beyond, we need to first think critically about why we tend to dismiss and invalidate their concerns.
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In Canada, over 50 per cent of female students in Ontario have reported moderate to severe psychological distress. One in four girls has been sexually abused by the time they turn 18.
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has evolved over time into multiple variants and sublineages.
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With the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, at least for now, we look back on a handful of stories that provided sharp insights at key moments in the pandemic.
An architect working on a model.
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Jakub Hlávka, University of Southern California et Adam Rose, University of Southern California
Workplace absences, along with sales lost due to the cessation of brick-and-mortar retail shopping, airline travel and public gatherings, contributed the most.
Swimming pool closures at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic led to millions of Canadians missing swimming lessons.
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Audrey R. Giles, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Sofia Pantano, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa et Umerdad Khudadad, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Gaps in swimming lessons, lifeguard shortages and climate change may make water-based activities even riskier this summer.
The World Health Organization has declared an end to COVID-19’s status as a public health emergency of international concern.
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After previous public health emergencies likes SARS and H1N1, there was renewed investment in pandemic preparedness, but it was not sustained. We cannot make the same mistake after COVID-19.
The emergency status allowed the federal government to cut through a mountain of red tape, with the goal of responding to the pandemic more efficiently.
Bright ideas for British business.
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A long-term view on building up British business is key to showing the UK is ‘open for business’.
Quaternary ammonium compounds can linger on surfaces and in indoor air and dust long after the disinfectant has dried.
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Quaternary ammonium compounds, also known as QACs or quats, are commonly used antimicrobials also found in many household products. Soap and water may be a safer bet when cleaning surfaces.
A JetBlue employee poses next to a Boston replica of London’s Big Ben before the launch of nonstop flights between Boston and London in 2022.
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Training for academics needs to be timely, specific, relevant and appropriate for the technology being implemented.
Gain-of-function experiments in the lab can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild.
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand