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The federal government has announced a stepped approach to relaxing social distancing measures. What they haven’t said is how high they’ll allow the curve to rise.
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just disrupted our lives. It has also challenged the way we forecast the weather.
Contact tracing is being touted as essential to controlling the spread of COVID-19, but it comes with alarming concerns related to our rights to privacy.
The higher a person’s salary, the most likely they are to be able to work from home; it’s not an option for most low-income workers. Here’s what governments can do to help encourage more remote work.
With national parks closed in many parts of North America, now is the time to rethink how we protect natural areas.
It is rare for a post-authoritarian society to get two chances to reconcile. This may be just that, for white South Africans in particular.
During epidemics, the measures taken to protect populations and to keep health systems afloat leave women and girls vulnerable to violence.
The global financial crisis taught us recoveries needn’t be V-shaped.
Early reports by the National Health Laboratory Service indicated that it had the capacity to do 30,000 tests a day. But capability to do so has not materialised.
Several economists predict joblessness will eventually surpass the 25% rate experienced in 1933.
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has caused Sidewalk Labs, a Google affiliate, to withdraw from the Toronto waterfront development partnership.
Vaccine development is usually a long process. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing researchers to innovate and test potential vaccines faster than ever before.
Physical activity is important for all kinds of health reasons, even in quarantine.
This real-time snapshot of the digital divide illustrates why education experts are concerned that school closures could increase achievement gaps.
Trying to land your dream job during the COVID-19 pandemic may be a daunting challenge. Two university-based job coaches offer insights on how to think more long-term.
From Nairobi to Los Angeles, pandemic lockdowns have cleared pollution from the skies. But those blue vistas may be temporary, and shutdowns aren’t slowing climate change.
Just as it did 75 years ago, the UK government has a chance to build back better from a crisis.
A vaccine historically used to prevent tuberculosis is now among the contenders for a COVID-19 vaccine. So what is the BCG vaccine and why might it work against coronavirus?
Legal challenges to New Zealand’s strict early lockdown rules will test how far a government can go in a public health emergency.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Chair in 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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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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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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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
