In the digital age, and the COVID era, this is more important than ever.
A person is covered by a sheet as a group advocating for provincially mandated paid sick days for workers participates in a ‘die-in’ rally outside Queen’s Park in Toronto, in January 2021.
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Workers shouldn’t have to choose between working while sick and supporting themselves and their families. Post-pandemic, we must learn from our mistakes and take permanent action on paid sick days.
Much has changed in the year since the nation became the first in Europe to be hit by the pandemic.
Only parliamentarians and judges cannot be denied access to prisons. It’s time to let people in to determine whether human rights are being violated behind bars.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated how little we know about how prisoners are treated behind bars around the world. The Prison Transparency Project aims to change that.
It’s not a stretch to say asymptomatic spreaders unwittingly engage in zombielike behaviors.
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SARS-CoV-2 is much like a zombie virus. It interferes with normal sickness behavior and blocks pain, turning its victims into unsick spreaders of the virus.
Nurse Natalie O'Connor loads syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in February 2021.
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Researchers are closely watching the coronavirus mutants to make sure vaccines can be adjusted if necessary. But scientists don’t know whether vaccines will be effective in those already vaccinated.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused people of all ages to cancel or delay routine eye care, raising red flags among eye care professionals.
Texas’ announced it is ending its COVID-19 restrictions. Its vaccination rate is among the lowest in the U.S., and its case numbers are still high.
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The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.
The concern is about more than one shot vs. two.
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Religious opposition over a link to abortions performed decades ago and misunderstandings about effectiveness could lead to a nightmare of angry patients and wasted vaccine.
The Conversation is bringing together three experts in human behaviour for an online discussion about how this virus has changed us, and how long the effects might last.
How long will protection last?
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It’s awfully hard to wrap your mind around a sum that large. But converting it to a more bite-size representation can affect a voter’s willingness to support government spending.
Benno Ndulu at a World Institute for Development Economics Research forum in Poland in 2013.
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Ndulu has left big shoes to fill. Tanzania now has to focus on creating an environment where citizens with his foresight, ability, and expertise can thrive.
Vaccine developers working at a BioNTech facility.
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With multiple variants of concern now present in the UK, attention is turning to when updated vaccines for them will be ready.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, speaks with scientist Krishnaraj Tiwari at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Royalmount Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre facility in Montreal, Aug 31, 2020.
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To continue the fast-paced collaborative research and innovation we have seen during the pandemic, here are five ways universities can support health research that responds to societal needs.
The health and well-being of temporary foreign workers in the seafood industry in Atlantic Canada are disregarded in favour of business and economic concerns.
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Debates about public safety and temporary foreign workers continue without input from those whose health is most affected. Migrant workers themselves are largely invisible amid discussions about risk.
The FDA has indicated booster shots, to cover coronavirus variants, won’t need to go through lengthy phase 3 clinical trials. Instead, they can be tested in smaller trials, which will save time.
By early March only one-third of Germany’s stocks of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine had been used – possibly because of misinformation about its effects.
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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