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New research shows how reading books can help young people escape from their sources of stress, find role models in characters and develop empathy.
Pitting health against the economy is a false dichotomy.
New Zealand will have to vaccinate 80-85% to reach population immunity. Until then, a blanket border re-opening, even if only for vaccinated people, would pose a high risk of new outbreaks.
Ready to party post-pandemic, but at the same time feeling shy? Here’s how social isolation affects the brain – and what research suggests about the effects of resocialization.
Lockdowns and restrictions disrupted the lives of most Australians, but the impacts on one hard-hit group, nomads, have been largely overlooked. We don’t even know how many of them there are.
Pregnant women’s experiences can affect their babies’ health, even into adulthood. Researchers know societywide stresses can lead to these long-term consequences – and the pandemic likely fits the bill.
Another city, another snap lockdown, and another round of asking whether it will successfully prevent disaster this time, or whether the coronavirus has already spread undetected through the community.
While most areas experienced a reduction in air pollution in response to lockdown measures, other areas saw only small improvements or even an air quality deterioration.
Canadians who had poor finances and health were more likely to report financial stress across the first several months of the pandemic.
It’s all well and good to be able to connect cases through genomic sequencing. But it’s important to be able to connect them epidemiologically as well.
If you’re considering homeschooling because your child seems to do better at home, but are unsure if it’s the right thing to do, here are five things to take into account.
The highly infectious nature of the COVID-19 variant, and the fact the infections have no clear link to the border, leaves the worrying possibility of a more widespread community outbreak.
What might the past offer us at this moment, and how will future generations reflect on this year? How will this present become the future’s past?
Perth and surrounds will spend the next five days in lockdown, as authorities scramble to prevent a single case – a quarantine hotel security worker – from escalating into a full-blown COVID cluster.
It only took a relatively small number of Twitter accounts to get hashtags #DictatorDan and #DanLiedPeopleDied trending. And “bots” weren’t really a part of the story.
The pandemic has made politics raw because the impact of political decisions is felt immediately in the daily lives of citizens — and there are winners and losers resulting from those decisions.
The plight of live music mapped in the new survey should concern anyone looking to the return of the country’s diverse live music scene.
Most people know the benefits of physical activity. However, we tend to be less aware of how damaging inactivity can be, even for short periods — especially for older adults.
People who value the physical and mental health benefits of exercise are more likely to maintain habits they developed during periods of COVID-19 lockdown.
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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President, Food Secure Canada
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Distinguished Professor and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform, and Director, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, RMIT University
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Professor of Psychology and ARC Laureate Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professional Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Professor, Health Policy, Victoria University
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Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology
