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Vietnam broke its streak of no coronavirus deaths in July, but with dragonfruit, YouTube and free masks, innovators have helped the country fight back.
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New study finds that glasses may help protect from catching coronavirus. But we need more evidence.
The dangers of poor disclosure.
Mongkolchon Akesin
With Donald Trump already doing a great job of making the public more wary of a coronavirus vaccine, big pharma has to do better than this.
Protest against lockdown in Michigan, April 2020.
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Extremists are playing on people’s health fears to normalise their views.
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As the rule of six comes into force, some sectors of the media are already calling for it to be abolished.
An installation honours victims of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil.
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The historically high level of informal work in Latin America will make its recovery much more difficult than elsewhere.
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A few people have developed COVID-19 twice. That doesn’t mean a vaccine can’t offer long-term protection.
Nearly 300 workers at Northampton’s Greencore factory tested positive for coronavirus.
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The Greencore case also presents lessons for the post-coronavirus economic recovery ahead.
India’s coronavirus toll is rising.
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Blocking citizen requests for information on a fund set up for COVID-19 relief undermines public trust in the government’s response to the pandemic.
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The prime minister big new plan is a flawed policy in search of the science to back it up.
Busy August, quiet September.
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Why UK government would have been wiser to either stick to pure business subsidies or offer its August restaurant scheme seven days a week.
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Stoppages of clinical trials are a normal part of the testing process, and show that patient safety is being taken seriously.
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Eventually, mortality rates from COVID-19 will fall as the proportion of people who have had the disease rises.
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Whether you like it or not, the globalised world will survive Donald Trump and the pandemic.
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Nurses are uniquely at risk of COVID-19, and are affected by many of the health inequalities that the pandemic has exposed. But no one is listening to them.
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Most rural communities rely on untrained medical practitioners who are often trusted more than doctors.
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Social media influencers could have an impact in promoting a test and trace service and changing young people’s attitudes towards COVID-19.
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If we want to know how COVID-19 works, we need to know more than just the age and sex of who it kills.
Coffee shops are struggling to survive COVID.
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People are still drinking coffee but where they drink it and how they make it is changing.
Masked passengers on the London Underground.
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Instead of repeated bailouts, permanent reform of public transport funding is needed.