Passengers board a plane in New York City on May 3, 2020. Air travel from such hot spots did not lead to surges to other cities, a study suggests.
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People are ready to travel, but health officials are advising against air travel. A recent study offers a surprising finding about whether planes spread COVID-19 from US hot spots last year.
Exports of the vaccine continue to be a point of contention between the EU and UK, while newly released US trial results are quickly amended.
Financial barriers that discourage some people from participating in higher education would be reduced if the net costs of virtual education decreased.
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Not everyone needs to be on campus to learn. Governments, which subsidize higher education, need to change their funding models to support affordable remote learning.
Our new research has found that for some people, having certain personality traits seems to have offered some level of protection during these difficult times.
Red squirrels benefit from long-term social relationships with their neighbours — from a distance.
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Still in the midst of a global pandemic, the International Olympic Committee’s dream of hosting the Tokyo Games in a “post-corona world” is not possible. But should the Games go ahead at all?
The challenges of the pandemic have been especially hard on mothers, who are most likely to shoulder the burden of increased home-schooling and household demands.
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Mothers’ well-being is crucial for children to flourish, but maternal mental health has suffered during COVID-19. Successful pandemic recovery for mothers and families depends on four factors.
People who have had COVID will still benefit from having a COVID vaccine. Here’s why.
A real estate sold sign is shown in Oakville, Ont., in December 2020. Real estate and farmland are traditional hedges against inflation.
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Canadian residential real estate and farmland have historically proven to be strategic hedges against inflation.
While the pandemic has caused massive upheavals, it has also forced universities to use technology to bring in much-needed change and innovations.
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Necessity truly can be the mother of invention. A new university president explains how the pandemic forced massive changes at his institution — and why smart use of technology was invaluable.
Symptoms related to ADHD have increased during the pandemic, but they don’t necessary point to ADHD. Cabin fever has many similar symptoms, and social isolation also has negative effects on brain functioning.
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After a year of COVID-19 lockdowns, lack of focus, irritability and restlessness don’t necessarily point to an ADHD diagnosis. Consider some of these common causes of these symptoms, and ways to cope.
Hundreds of trees have been felled along Nairobi’s Uhuru and Waiyaki highways to make space for a new expressway.
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Nairobi harbours all the ingredients for zoonotic spillover to occur between animals and people, particularly in the most densely populated areas of the city.
Cooking on solid fuels exposes people to toxic pollutants.
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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
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