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Now is the time to learn from the COVID-19 response through an action-oriented independent inquiry focused on accountability. Reforms to data generation, access and use are essential.
Evidence shows austerity has wide-ranging consequences for health.
Deliberative democracy should have a place in emergency decision-making. Here’s how it works.
About 35% of people in England faced some form of disruption to healthcare access during the pandemic.
A new study published in Nature suggests a particular gene mutation could help explain why some people are asymptomatic. A virologist explains.
How did this strange new world affect babies born during the height of the pandemic? Our research sought to find out.
Tuberculosis is a preventable and curable disease, yet before the pandemic, it killed more people than any other infectious disease.
Tackling misinformation will be a big part of addressing vaccine hesitancy.
COVID-19 vaccination has been shown to be safe in pregnancy, and protects both the mother and infant from severe disease. It’s now also clear that infants’ antibody protection continues after birth.
Former health secretary Matt Hancock told the COVID inquiry that the UK’s pandemic planning was ‘completely wrong’. An expert looks back to early 2020 to assess this statement.
Observers regularly face dangers owing to political instability, insecurity, violence and other crises in some countries.
Our research highlights three key reasons for declining trust in experts, and how to regain their authority in future.
A world without pastoralists would not only be a poorer place, but we would lose an important lifeline to our collective future.
In a new study, we evaluated the effects of the 2021 COVID vaccine mandate introduced for staff in elderly care homes in England. Here’s what we found.
We analysed the primary care records of more than 9 million young patients across the UK.
A new study surveyed university students in the UK on four occasions between May 2020 and May 2021.
Widespread vaccination of children would likely avert thousands of cases of long COVID in the UK.
Of all symptoms studied, fatigue was associated with the biggest effect on long COVID patients’ daily lives.
Research shows a progressive basic income is needed now.
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University
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Joel Lexchin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor of Viral Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Biology, York University, Canada
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Professor of Operations Management & Business Analytics, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Dean and Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW Sydney
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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of Medicine, Epidemiologist, Physician, McMaster University
