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Zoom's privacy and security shortcomings are just the latest videoconferencing vulnerabilities. Knowing each platform's risks can help people avoid many of the downsides of virtual gatherings.
As coronavirus continues to spread, older adults face a challenge: how to get the medications they need without putting themselves at risk. A new national survey shows they aren't prepared.
A lot of numbers are being tossed around about COVID-19 and what to expect in the future. They're being used to make critical public health decisions, but they aren't as simple as they appear.
A nationally mandated quarantine isn't keeping Colombia's armed groups at home. Despite calls for a ceasefire, they are still killing activists, threatening humanitarian workers and seizing aid.
For-profit colleges have a history of deceptive practices that have left thousands of students in the lurch, two higher education scholars warn.
Given the market is not coping and the need for government to intervene is more apparent than ever, one might think the time for social democracy has come again. The reality, though, is not so simple.
No continent is more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most vulnerable people pay the highest price, and this time Africa will struggle to get help as other nations fight their own battles.
Screen "time" gets all the airplay, but with families confined to home – screen quality and screen buddies – are just as important, if not more, for healthy technology use.
The Queen's speech offered comfort and resolved which was heard, not just in Britain, but throughout Europe.
Here's one way to test more people for coronavirus with fewer resources.
Religious communities are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide meaning and help in a time of uncertainty
Only time will tell.
They have every right to take their own lead on salary cuts during the pandemic.
Some countries have imposed much stricter restrictions on religious worship than others as part of the coronavirus lockdown.
Deep learning algorithms can help us understand if and how social distancing is taking place.
Decades of planning on food security and a food reserve system kept China’s urban populations fed during the coronavirus outbreak, showing the significance of a resilient local food system.
The skills, habits and new perspectives developed during the past and upcoming weeks as employees work from home may actually serve as a crash-course in effective management.
With so many people working from home on vulnerable networks and set-ups, cybersecurity is a growing concern.
Closing the climbing season will provide valuable time for recovery from the effects of intensive tourism, but will prove difficult for those working in the industry.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Virology and President of Research-Aid Networks, University of Kent
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Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
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Adjunct assistant professor, The University of Queensland
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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John Daley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
