Teachers wearing wireless microphones that amplify their voices could be one solution to ensuring children can hear — and saving teachers’ voices from strain, particularly in the pandemic.
When the ‘freedom convoy’ heads home, governments will be keen to avoid similar events. Angry protest movements are volatile and have lasting consequences, as the rise of Trumpism shows.
Sotromivab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to the coronavirus to stop it being infectious.
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Sotrovimab and baricitinib target COVID at different stages of its development, and will give doctors greater flexibility in treating omicron patients.
Was Italy hit hardest by COVID in Europe?
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New research shines light on what is driving hospitality workers – like waiters and hotel workers – to abandon the industry as part of the ‘great resignation.’
With COVID deaths in aged care mounting and reports of neglect of residents due to workforce shortages, Scott Morrison on Monday announced bonus payments totalling up to $800 for staff.
Labor has opened a 56-44% two-party lead and Scott Morrison’s net satisfaction rating has plunged 11 points in Newspoll, after a disastrous summer in which Omicron has ripped through most of the country and deaths have spiked.
Curfews are associated with a long history of racism and prejudice.
Police officers speak to a health-care professional outside the emergency department at Toronto General Hospital during a protest against COVID-19 measures in September 2021.
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Although demanding, disruptive and violent patients are a major contributor to physician burnout, solutions to address this increasing problem are not a priority.
Cellular phones track and reveal owners’ movements, generating useful data for pandemic tracking.
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In order to track the pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada has been using location data without explicit and informed consent. Transparency is key to building and maintaining trust.
Suzanne McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York dan Larry Dake, Binghamton University, State University of New York
School districts across the US are starting to pay subs more and make it easier to become a sub – in an effort to keep classrooms operating despite large numbers of staff out sick.
As many people have died with COVID in Australia – more than 1,000 – as die from a bad year from influenza. Attention on them doesn’t seem to have spiked proportionately.
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society Senior Deputy Editor, Justin Bergman
Ontario Premier Doug Ford gives a press conference at Queen’s Park regarding the easing of COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.
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After Premier Doug Ford announced “positive news,” I think about the widening inequality in our province, who the news is “positive” for and the death of caremongering.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne