The seriousness of an epidemic is a function of several factors, including the degree of contagiousness and potential for rapid spread.
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Evidence suggests that involving marginalised communities in setting priorities and designing collective action can lead to improved health outcomes.
After two years of COVID-19, it’s understandable that many people are weary of infection prevention measures. But simply being tired of the pandemic is no reason to let our guard down.
A rice dish’s debut on a cooking competition show reflects the growing acceptance of ethnic foods.
A consequence of a warming world is prolonged dry spells and periods of drought that can lead to infectious diseases like cholera.
As the climate changes, the ocean is also changing. And that’s putting our health at risk.
Nigeria needs a multisectoral approach to break its annual cholera epidemic.
Nyiragongo is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of its fast-moving lava. It can flow at a speed of about 100km per hour.
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Although memorials to past pandemics are not as prolific as war memorials, they do exist. A scholar of visual culture provides a brief history of monuments around the world.
If we learn from COVID-19, there are three key areas to tackle to make cities safer from outbreaks of future infectious diseases.
Pandemic histories are useful for understanding COVID-19, but how they connect with race, public health, revolution, labour and colonialism are needed to explain the present and predict the future.
There is a sad precedent of pandemic disease threatening the residents of care institutions – and of authorities not heeding the dangers.
For centuries, disease outbreaks have forced cities to transform physically and operationally in ways that ultimately benefited all residents going forward.
Some 1,500 years ago, the Plague of Justinian spread via ships from North Africa to Europe and Asia, killing up to 50 million people.
What would happen if plague destroyed all of humanity? Mary Shelley’s 1826 book suggests Earth would be better off.
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?
While identifying a new disease by its place of origin seems intuitive, history shows that doing so can have serious consequences for the people that live there.
Ten years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the country is still struggling to recover and remains vulnerable to natural disasters.
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Senior Lecturer, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Chief Research Scientist and Director, Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Recognised Researcher, Imperial College London
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Associate Professor and Water Management Expert, University of South Africa
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Research Officer / EIDM Specialist, University of Cape Town
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Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Principal Visiting Fellow & Former Deputy Director, International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), United Nations University
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
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President Australian Academy of the Humanities, Australian Catholic University
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Postdoctoral research fellow in English, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in International Relations, University of Glasgow
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Independent Researcher, University of Nottingham
