Some AI systems make faulty assumptions about women and nonwhite men, which can lead to misdiagnoses. Overcoming this bias takes legal, regulatory and technical fixes.
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The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.
Religious opposition over a link to abortions performed decades ago and misunderstandings about effectiveness could lead to a nightmare of angry patients and wasted vaccine.
Reversing the year-long trend all comes down to good policymaking, driven by data and research.
Tackling climate change involves changes in behaviour that would significantly improve people’s general health — and save money.
A year into the pandemic, sleep scientists are beginning to understand how our sleep has changed.
Fat replacers have the potential to mitigate the global obesity challenge.
The line between supporting welfare on one hand, and paying for core services on the other has become more blurry since the pandemic
As the world has focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, other microbial foes are waging war on humans. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a growing threat. But viruses may defeat them.
Websites that crash. Appointments that fill up within seconds. Scheduling your COVID-19 vaccine shouldn’t be this hard. A few states have found a better way.
The anti-vaccine movement is the product of a structural problem, reflecting a lack of trust in the existing global vaccine governance.
The legal uncertainty surrounding telemedicine services is not without consequences. Patients may not have access to public protection remedies.
Developing a national disaster response plan for the pandemic was only step one.
Cities have long resisted the public demand for street food vendors, but the pandemic may reverse those restrictions for good.
With a third of adults saying they likely won’t get the vaccine, the US has a herd immunity math problem.
Microbes can alter the minds of mouse mothers and disrupt their natural instinct to nurture their young.
Whether or not you respond to a certain medicine or therapy doesn’t just depend on you. The microbes in your gut play a role in the success or failure of various drugs, including cancer therapies.
Ghanaian consumption patterns towards fast food are evolving.
Getting pharmacies more involved could be a game changer, particularly for reaching minorities, older adults without internet access and others left behind.
People often turn to rituals to promote health and reduce anxiety during periods of high risk.
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Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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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
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University
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Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Director of the Healthy Plumbing Consortium and Center for Plumbing Safety, Purdue University
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Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation - School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia
