Even well-intended studies can cause harm through the nocebo effect.
Toronto Public Health’s tool kit for COVID-19 prevention in congregate living settings contains few references to ventilation, air filtration and other measures to prevent airborne transmission.
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Because COVID-19 is airborne, we can’t know if the shelter system is as safe as it should be without seeing metrics related to ventilation, filtration and occupancy.
The intrusion of school into families’ private spaces through online learning created tensions for families.
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It takes a village to raise a child, but the pandemic showed teachers and parents have different roles.
Teachers in Durban, South Africa. African countries should focus on getting people to wear masks and take other precautions against COVID-19.
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National policies must incorporate good practices derived from lessons learnt so far to strengthen their health systems. Critical policy elements include preparedness and response.
Despite having left people more exposed to the delta variant now, the strategy helped protect the most vulnerable during the second wave, so was the right call.
Multidrug-resistant Candida auris can cause serious infections among patients in hospitals and other group medical care settings.
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5 ways to support safe live performance re-openings as we emerge from COVID-19.
For some queer people, time at home has meant time away from communities and friends that recognize and support their gender and sexual identities.
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Pandemic experiences for queer people were marked not only by loneliness but new possibilities and connections that will shape their lives when the world reopens.
Protecting the “heartwork,” of educators means protecting their emotional and mental health based on recognizing that holistic and passionate investment in work is an asset that also implies vulnerability.
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In the immediate aftermath of an event like the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the path forward is not always clear. Looking backward, what have we learned?
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand