For now, the UK will continue with its age-based prioritisation, but there’s a case for key workers and the socially disadvantaged to start feeding into the vaccine queue.
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People who feel their work is a calling have more resilience against the negative effects of overwork and stress, but this comes at a cost.
People with disabilities are overlooked for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and triage protocols. We need to make this group a priority and address issues that put them at risk.
Do we need to just endure grumpy pandemic walks? Creative arts therapists offer tips about how to light up the important family and community connections and routines in your life.
Even those that live in areas where the population has already been vaccinated would not be totally protected if the virus mutates elsewhere.
When people who test positive to COVID-19 become subject to ridicule for their activities, it could make others feel reluctant to get tested, or reveal their movements to contact tracers.
Australia should pivot to a high-efficacy vaccine like Pfizer or Novavax to give us the best chance of achieving herd immunity.
About two-thirds of Australian universities won’t be offering on-campus lectures in 2021. But that’s not all the pandemic’s fault – it simply accelerated a shift away from the traditional format.
Adopting a universal basic income requires a fundamental restructuring of the existing social safety net in Canada, and would not necessarily conquer income inequality and poverty.
Short, 20-second bursts of activity — known as exercise ‘snacks’ — throughout the day have many benefits, from boosting energy and productivity to improving cardiorespiratory fitness.
Food safety agencies have assessed the risk of acquiring COVID-19 from contaminated food or food packaging. They found that currently, there’s no evidence that the virus is a food safety risk.
Ghana’s mid-year target of procuring and administering 17.6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses may be constrained by global supply, cold chain capacity, and vaccine hesitancy.
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is the latest to struggle against the South African variant in trials, while in Israel vaccines may be beginning to have an effect.
Providing multivitamin and mineral supplements to the elderly could be a cheap way of boosting the protectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
Transcript for Episode 2 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including stories on Myanmar and testing wild animals for COVID-19.
AI chatbots can provide mental health support for people who are isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Four experts weigh in on ways to replenish the US teacher workforce and curb burnout.
Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
A decadent New Year’s Eve bash held in the throes of the pandemic is a symptom of a larger problem in the gay community.
We can help vaccines keep up with the mutating coronavirus by doubling down on preventive measures.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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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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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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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
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
