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With its daily tallies of those lost to disease, the coronavirus pandemic has brought death into sharp focus, especially for those who are older.
Australia’s higher education sector needs significant reform to remove the perverse incentives that have made universities dependent on revenue from international students.
Being ‘Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition" during a pandemic is challenging, and the risks of getting it wrong are very high.
Buy, buy, buy was a social directive after WWII.
The growth of private foundations in Canada has occurred at the expense of government tax revenue. Philanthropic donations are dollars that have been redirected away from universal social services.
A series of interviews with life-sciences executives finds them desperate to bring Zoom meetings to an end.
Natural herd immunity is a myth.
The country would benefit from a well-funded and regulated research industry to contribute to scientific innovation and preparedness for future disease outbreaks.
Ministers should have seen this exam results fiasco coming.
People with eating disorders often struggle with staying in control. For many, the pandemic took away control. A health scholar shares her story of how that loss of control affected her bulimia.
Health statisticians keep careful tabs on how many people die every week. Based on what’s happened in past years, they know what to expect – but 2020 death counts are surging beyond predictions.
People with disabilities are exempt from wearing face coverings on public transport and in shops, but this exemption has not been well communicated to the public.
Local lockdowns are necessary but they place a significant burden on affected communities. Here’s how to make sure they work, and quickly.
Many who are lonely will overlook their own emerging signs of loneliness in hope these feelings will go away once around other people.
We believe New Zealand can eliminate COVID-19 again. But it could do more to speed up that process with mandatory masks and tighter controls on high-risk venues, including bars, gyms and churches.
The daily COVID-19 case numbers don’t tell the full story on the outbreak’s progress.
Elections belong to citizens, not politicians. There is no reason to deny or unduly delay this basic democratic right.
With low testing levels, it’s unclear just how bad the pandemic is in Indonesia. But President Joko Widodo is keen to get the economy restarted quickly, in part, to avoid widespread social unrest.
Of the students with jobs, 60% lost them and and two-thirds of the rest had hours cut. As they struggled, and often failed, to get rents and tuition fees reduced, precarious lives became even harder.
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