The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has fallen far short of President Trump’s promises. President Biden says he can fix that. Can he?
Opening all windows, or one front and one rear window, increases the amount of airflow in the car, reducing the risk of airborne transmission.
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David Welch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Without improvements to New Zealand’s ‘makeshift’ border quarantine system the risk of further community cases of COVID-19 variants remains high.
Residents of the remote town of Norris Point launched their own meals-on-wheels program to help the community cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roza Tchoukaleyska
Around 6 million people have had their sense of smell affected by COVID.
A personal support worker with West Neighbourhood House’s Parkdale Assisted Living Program on her way to see a resident at Toronto’s May Robinson apartments seniors’ housing on April 17 2020.
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One of the factors that has made COVID-19 so catastrophic in long-term care homes was lack of paid sick leave for low-wage workers.
Brazil’s Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello at a press conference about the distribution of nearly 6 million doses of a vaccine.
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Almost a third of legislatures had no direct oversight over the initial responses to the pandemic.
Modern presidents, including Trump and Obama, have issued far fewer executive orders than their predecessors before World War II.
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Executive orders aren’t as unilateral as they seem. Here’s how government keeps them in check.
Women who work outside the home in Papua New Guinea often continue shouldering the same domestic and child care responsibilities as before.
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A biologist explains what proteins do in viruses, how they interact with human cells, how the vaccine delivers mRNA into the cell and how antibodies protect us.
During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, research in places like refugee camps can continue through mobile devices connected to the internet.
This past century, universities have proven to be nimble and entrepreneurial even while adroitly portraying themselves as guardians of tradition.
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Universities have successfully adapted during nearly a century of disruption. Will international branch campuses be the next development in navigating COVID-19?
Cities are breeding grounds for creativity – and infectious diseases.
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Two scholars of cities explain why dense, urban areas will survive – and thrive – long after the pandemic ends, and even if they don’t get a bailout.
A woman from one of the Mosuo farming communities in southwest China. The Mosuo were participants in a groundbreaking study examining gender-based health disparities.
Siobhan Mattison
Governments, universities and creative companies that have experienced growth in the pandemic should play a role in long-term collaborative strategies to support artists and small arts companies.
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