With most therapy sessions now online, a psychologist explores whether more self-disclosure by therapists – sharing more about their own lives – might help their patients.
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The recent spike in new coronavirus cases in the US is not due to a second wave, but simply the virus moving into new populations or surging in places that opened up too soon.
An economist puzzles over why fireworks have been going off nightly across the country for so many weeks in a row.
Tribal lands are hot spots for COVID-19 infections and deaths. Racism is one of the reasons.
Local leaders and business owners have had to get creative to help their residents stay healthy and keep community economies going.
Texas hospitals are filling up with new COVID-19 cases, and many of the people falling ill are young.
Cognitive biases often lead us to irrational behaviours such as hoarding toilet paper.
A simple computer model shows that safety measures can significantly impact both the exponential spread of COVID-19 and mortality rates.
The WHO recommends women should be encouraged to breastfeed straight after birth, for both the mothers’s and baby’s health, including increasing baby’s immunity.
Countries closed their borders in response to COVID-19, but international cooperation and technology sharing could improve recovery against pandemics and potential bioterrorist attacks.
The pandemic is still raging. Health, money, work, relationships, environment have changed throughout the world, and perhaps permanently so.
In the time of the coronavirus, learning how to adapt to adversity belongs in your toolkit.
Yellow fever, malaria and Ebola all spilled over from animals to humans at the edges of tropical forests. The new coronavirus is the latest zoonosis.
Two economists argue that people who believe the economy will turn around quickly have more incentive to quarantine.
Recent cases among school children has prompted some to wonder: should we close schools again? The short answer is: no.
Our experts offer safer ways to bring back amateur sports.
Is it possible that people who recover from COVID-19 will be plagued with long term side effects from the infection? An infectious disease physician reviews the evidence so far.
The smallpox virus appears to have been with humanity for millennia before a global vaccination drive wiped it out. Current genome research suggests how smallpox spread and where it came from.
Genetic information that could help finger the next infectious threat is stored in museums around the world.
While those of us from Australia and New Zealand might be starting to relax as restrictions ease, the pandemic is actually growing at an increasing rate worldwide.
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