By isolating SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, researchers can now work on developing tests, treatments and vaccines in Canada.
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As the markets bounce in the wake of the US government’s US$2 trillion giveaway, stand by for some (slightly) sunny thinking.
Learning from past epidemics about the long-term future of COVID-2019.
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Initiatives to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 are under way. But how far away are they?
American Indians and Alaska Natives are the most impoverished and marginalized group in the US. Tribes are working to protect their people from the coronavirus, but they have few resources to do so.
Emphasizing foreign origins of a disease can have racist connotations and implications for how people understand their own risk of disease.
Historically, pandemics have brought about profound societal improvements. Will that happen this time?
Could the 1889-1890 pandemic have been the result of cow coronaviruses jumping to humans?
Hospitals will need more space, staff and stuff as more people test positive to coronavirus. But hard decisions may have to be made if the health system gets overwhelmed with cases.
Scenario planning is common among multinationals and decision-makers. But some countries were better prepared for the coronavirus pandemic than others.
The agents causing illness do not care for our assumptions about our alleged superiority on the planet, nor do they discriminate.
Today’s coronavirus pandemic has echoes in the yellow fever pandemic of the 1790s. Then, as now, workers struggled with how to support themselves and their families. One federal agency had the answer.
Citizens around the world look warily at the rates of illnesses and deaths at home and abroad as the economic effects of COVID-19 start to hit.
Don’t want to shake hands, but don’t want to cause offence? Just smile, have a short sentence ready in advance, and make sure the other person knows you care about their feelings.
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders don’t have secure or adequate accommodation – so how can they safely self-isolate in NZ’s lockdown? But there are solutions – and here’s where to start.
During a pandemic, a home birth starts looking better every second. Midwives with their specialized skills in low-risk normal birth can be of great service.
Canada has closed its borders to asylum-seekers and non-citizens because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Similar emergency measures over the years should teach us that now is not the time for nationalism.
Should we close schools and workplaces now, or steadily introduce stricter social distancing measures over time? These mathematical models evaluate different approaches of flattening the curve.
The COVID-19 pandemic must be managed in India in a tense economic context and with a largely privatised health system.
Apart from their functional purpose, products can also impact how we feel, both about ourselves and our situation.
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