Behavioural economics has three key insights to encourage take-up of the contact-tracing app.
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Countries aiming to flatten the coronavirus curve have one crucial aim: reduce the “effective reproduction number” of the virus to below 1. This means the spread is slowing, rather than accelerating.
Singapore, once a success in containing coronavirus, now has the most cases in Southeast Asia. One of the main reasons: the government’s neglect of its 300,000 foreign migrant workers.
These strategies for easing needle pain and fear make vaccinations and other injections easier for parents and children. They are simple and helpful for all ages, from infants to adults.
What parallel can be drawn between the Schengen countries’ management of the migrant crisis in 2015 and their response to the current health epidemic?
Covid-19, like other major epidemics, is not unrelated to the biodiversity and climate crisis we are experiencing.
Alberta has modified its environmental rules, becoming the first to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The condominium model has had lingering ailments since its birth, and the new grim reapers of coronavirus and financial strife could bring about its demise.
The recognition that COVID-19 is accompanied by an equally alarming “infodemic” has added a level of complexity to the situation. What are the consequences of this avalanche of information?
The balance between political judgements and scientific knowledge is a delicate one to negotiate.
Many ethical decisions will need to be made as patients seek treatment for Covid-19.
As social distancing continues, we’ve increasingly incorporated online and digital communications into our social life. But these technologies can’t compensate for body language or touch.
There are lessons for the health sector - the need for more coherent integration is undeniable.
In Ontario, the task of deciding which treatments to use for COVID-19 patients falls to two committees that weigh the evidence and choose which drugs to use, and how to manage critical illness.
Rebuilding cities post-pandemic will start with neighbourhood hope, and strong social and community planning.
There’s definitely such a thing as society – which is a huge challenge for developing an app that will ward off COVID-19.
Critics say older people are being put at risk by the relaxed approach to social distancing. But they seem to be the most in favour of it, according to a new survey.
Much more than trophies are at stake when colleges recruit football players.
In a well-functioning health care system, the emergency room would be able to meet the needs of all of its patients in a timely manner.
Nurses on the front lines of a pandemic need education, training and institutional support.
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Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University
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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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