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Drug users are already among the most marginalized and stigmatized populations in times without a pandemic. Unless we decriminalize drug use, once again they will bear the brunt of another deadly disease.
To refuse inclusion would prevent Africa’s researchers from being significant players in the universal fight against the virus.
The rapid sharing of research is so vital. In cases like the COVID-19 pandemic, it can save lives.
Providing nutritious food can ensure better health outcomes that will reach beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
More needs to be done to cushion low-income families from the economic effects of the new coronavirus.
The show of compassion is part of an attempt by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to revamp Turkey’s international status.
Our review found women with already high-risk pregnancies may have become more sick with COVID-19.
Evidence suggests men are harder hit when they contract COVID-19, yet women are more worried about it.
There is no responsibility to protect people from pandemics – but the world must still safeguard those at risk of mass atrocities.
Without massive change, the US health care system will continue to be disorganized and inefficient.
Given that some people look to religious authorities not health officials in times of crisis, faith leaders can promote hand-washing and social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus.
What does high blood sugar have to do with vulnerability to COVID-19? And is there a role for the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine in lowering blood sugar in COVID-19 patients?
While COVID-19 raises the risk for people with underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and COPD, social distancing can make it harder to keep up diets and medication.
Not all Americans can take paid leave, and some workers can’t take any time off at all if they or their loved ones get sick. Those are big problems during pandemics.
Robots are helping health care workers and public safety officials more safely and quickly treat coronavirus patients and contain the pandemic. They have something in common: They’re tried and tested.
Being cooped up at home is of course far more manageable than being locked up behind bars. But people isolating due to COVID-19 are still forced to deal with some of the same problems.
Being a member of a certain age group shouldn’t be a liability.
Prisons in the 18th and 19th centuries were hit hard by pandemics – with some drastic measures to stem the spread.
Half of all patients who died of COVID-19 in Wuhan had a secondary infection.
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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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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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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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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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Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde
