Australia has suffered far less death and disease from COVID-19 than other similar countries. But given the hesitant start and the Ruby Princess debacle, we could have done even better.
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Australia is performing better than many other countries with comparable populations and geographies, a new COVID-19 data visualisation reveals.
COVID-19 has exposed the insecurity of the cultural workforce. Making the performing arts freely available online may further diminish their value, right when the sector is arguing its worth.
It’s far too early to declare victory. The need for conventional economic stimulus has just begun.
The best case scenario sees a short-term recovery to the depths of the 1980s and 1990s recessions.
Scanning through billions of chemicals to find a few potential drugs for treating COVID-19 requires computers that harness together thousands of processors.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil and gas industry is the province’s largest contributor to the economy and will be critically important to its future.
Migrant workers are not inherently more vulnerable to COVID-19, nor more likely to be carrying it than Canadians. Yet our treatment of them this year stigmatizes them and puts them at risk.
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For the people who do show symptoms of COVID-19, what are they and why do they differ?
In the coronavirus pandemic, wearing a protective mask signifies a commitment to the social and collective good of society. But that changes when a face mask is worn by Black and racialized people.
South Africa’s lockdown rules started with high legitimacy. But it has been eroded and has now dissolved.
The judgment creates a new layer of uncertainty in an already highly fluid situation and heaps further unwelcome pressure onto government.
During COVID-19, boarded-up storefronts host various new types of inspirational, informational and decorative murals that should be read critically as representing political agendas for the future.
There’s an important difference between responses before and after people learned the prime minister’s chief adviser was not following the rules.
The pandemic has forced many people to shift from public transport to car travel. But is this likely to be permanent?
Four researchers studied California’s shelter-in-place orders to figure out how many lives were saved by its early enactment. Here’s what they found.
Low-wage workers are less likely than high-wage workers to have access to things like masks, hand sanitizer and training on how to prevent COVID-19 transmission.
It’s more important than ever for families to develop new routines for staying physically and mentally healthy – and to address the part screens play in our lives.
While African Americans account for about 14% of the US population, they have accounted for about 60% of deaths from the virus. Several physicians offer an idea they think could help.
Justices have lent weight to state officials who want churches to remain closed until the public health crisis is over. But not every place of worship is following the rules.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, 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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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University
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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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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde
