Finding drugs that treat the COVID-19 coronavirus may be just as important as developing a vaccine. But it’s much harder to create effective antivirals than antibiotics.
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Enterprise bargaining provisions take up seemingly endless pages in the Fair Work Act. When we talk about IR “reform”, we need to make the system simpler for workers.
A large part of the debt the Indonesian government is taking on to fight the COVID-19 pandemic is as a 50-year loan in US dollars. That could create a big problem in coming decades.
Despite World Health Organisation warnings that heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of severe complications of COVID-19, alcohol was sold as an essential item during New Zealand’s lockdown.
Green drinks and meditation won’t solve the childcare crisis for women - we need free universal childcare to stay.
People rely on familiar music to get through difficult times. Refugees from El Salvador’s civil war used music to light up memories of their past.
Australia and New Zealand have well and truly ‘flattened the curve’, and there is now a real chance we could eliminate coronavirus in both countries. But what does elimination actually mean?
Previous shocks show that smart spending and building public confidence are crucial to the speed and shape of economic recovery.
The number of lives that would be lost from COVID-19 if the restrictions ended far exceed the number of extra deaths expected from recession if it continued.
With no place to wash hands and nowhere to physically isolate, many poor Indonesians are incredibly vulnerable as COVID-19 sweeps through the global south.
From Greta Garbo to Gwyneth Paltrow, the screen cough is reliably fatal. But this film and television favourite walks a fine line between suspense and comedy.
There is no evidence that the coronavirus is transmitted through breast milk, and breastfeeding is encouraged during COVID-19. However, the support available to new mothers has changed dramatically.
We’ve got this: parents can build kids’ resiliency in by focussing on what’s going well, maintaining some predictability and order, modelling belief in their own abilities and caring for themselves.
Mothers love to be with their children on Mother’s Day, but this year, things might be different. A physician walks you through some questions to consider as you decide whether such a visit is safe.
Despite the transnational dimension of the Covid-19 crisis, transnational responses are facing many obstacles. Yet, some regional organisations might be able to expand their mandate and resources.
Lockdown requires that we all act as if we know nothing, even if we are world experts on disease transmission.
While there have been spikes across the board, some groups are suffering more than others.
For the government a Sunday announcement has several advantages, many of them to do with the news agenda.
As governments consider the use of surveillance technologies to trace and contain the spread of COVID-19, it is important to consider human rights in the implementation.
The science to policy process that was developed to guide climate mitigation decisions can be applied to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, without having to be reinvented.
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