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As governments race to revive economic growth, expect a bonfire of green tape.
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There is spare testing capacity. Why isn’t it being used?
Plague sufferers being disinfected in Karachi, 1897.
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Racism against fellow Indians and classism against the poor characterised India’s early response to coronavirus, that is reminiscent of British imperial public health policies.
Stay at home measures were introduced in Japan in mid April.
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An erratic response to coronavirus shows how Japan’s domestic policy is out-of-sync with its desired global image.
Health workers walk from house to house during vaccination campaign against polio in Kano, northwest Nigeria in 2017.
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Interventions seen to originate in the West frequently spark suspicion in northern Nigeria.
It can be difficult to keep up with the changing advice.
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Many governments and health organisations have been reviewing their advice on face masks – here’s why.
Anosmia is sometimes also a symptom with the common cold, another type of coronavirus.
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Researchers are currently looking into these reports to confirm whether loss of smell is an early indication of COVID-19.
1.3 billion people in India are in lockdown.
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With 1.3 billion people in India under lockdown, how will it affect women, particularly those in rural areas?
Members of parliament keep their distance from each other in the House of Commons chamber.
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Should parliament close because it’s important or stay open because it’s important?
Ruth Stuart, the filmmaker of To Egypt and Back with Imperial Airways (1933)
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There are many gems of female filmmaking in the archives that have been overlooked and should be made accessible to contemporary audiences
Benny Gantz: due to be named prime minister-designate.
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s rival, Benny Gantz, has improved his chances of becoming prime minister of Israel.
EPA/Tannen Maury
There are good reasons to call off a vote during a pandemic – but other good reasons to push ahead.
It doesn’t have to be so bad.
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Everything you need to know to ace self-isolation.
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It’s hell to lose your sense of smell.
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A new study revealed that indigenous territories store more than half the carbon in the Amazon forest.
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The global warming potential of different greenhouse gases is often poorly understood, distorting which are the biggest concern.
HPV vaccine has reduced pre-cancerous cervical disease in women by 71%.
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Following the success of the cervical cancer vaccine, new work on links between viruses and cancers raises promising possibilities.
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Wildlife trade is a threat to human health.
Saddam Hussein: on trial in 2006 in Baghdad.
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A short history of modern Iran-Iraq relations.
These days, the river barely makes it to its mouth in the Dead Sea.
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The holy river is used and abused so much that it barely reaches the Dead Sea these days.