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The policing of lockdown places the entire population at the centre of a huge public order operation. The public they once protected from threats has itself become the threat.
Healthcare practitioners face a difficult situation – they have the right to be protected, but are legally required to treat patients.
Our research will look for how differences in people’s innate immune systems may affect COVID-19 survival rates.
It’s human nature to try to insulate yourself from the unpleasant realization that death comes for all of us eventually.
Results from phase 1 trials of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine created a burst of optimism. But details the company failed to release suggest it is too early to speculate whether the vaccine is effective.
Epidemiologists focus on diseases among groups of people. They also study the spread of disease among animals.
Research has yet to support the theory that cash can spread the coronavirus.
Is it right to visit family members during the pandemic, even if they say they don’t want you to come? Philosophy may hold the answer.
It’s hard to eat while wearing a face mask, and social distancing isn’t easy in restaurants’ normally tight quarters. An infectious disease expert offers some tips on what to look for to stay safe.
It’s difficult to find toilet paper, but apparently there’s no shortage of cannabis.
Global quarantine is not a long-term solution – we still have a lot of work ahead.
Gross negligence won’t be excused under any circumstances. But standards for reasonable medical care can’t be the same as in pre-COVID-19 times.
The US president has reignited controversy over the use of malaria drugs to guard against COVID-19. But there is little reliable evidence so far that this tactic is safe or effective.
The government’s emergency relief package for childcare centres has kept many from collapsing financially due to COVID-19. The transition to other arrangements must be slow and carefully managed.
Immunity passports have been touted as a way to reopen the economy. But there are serious concerns they’ll create an incentive to intentionally contract the coronavirus.
Early research has pointed to a link between severe illness with COVID-19 and vitamin D deficiency. But there’s more to the story.
What if lingering in a shop or restaurant is the last thing on your mind? COVID-19 is rewriting the rules of retail.
Black and immigrant communities in Canada are more vulnerable to COVID-19.
Four decades on, and commencing retirement, Australians who entered the labour market during the 1970s recession are less happy than those born earlier or later.
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