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Some people respond strongly to perceived threats to their freedom and push back – others are simply more accepting of risk.
Parents also want to know about safety, side effects and if they’ll still have to wear masks.
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COVID-19 vaccine testing on children is just getting started, and only in adolescents.
President-elect Joe Biden introduces his foreign policy and national security team on Nov. 24 in Wilmington, Del.
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In order to establish his legitimacy, President-elect Joe Biden has to accomplish several big tasks.
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Health workers are at greater risk from the virus and play a key role in promoting vaccination themselves – so uptake needs to be high.
The Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. After the SARS pandemic in 2003, Toronto hotels faced a recovery period.
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After SARS in 2003, an effort was made by Toronto’s tourism and hospitality industries to stimulate the sector’s recovery. But measures weren’t put in place for future pandemics.
To adapt to changing consumer habits during COVID-19, small retailers in Canada have offered services like home delivery and curbside pickup. They may need to continue those practices in the post-pandemic era.
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The COVID-19 pandemic offers small retailers an opportunity to engage customers who are changing their habits.
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Local news websites have offered essential details on how to understand COVID rules and where to buy toilet rolls.
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The all important ‘last-mile’ logistics.
Workers installing surveillance cameras in Shanghai in August 2020.
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There is growing concern in some countries that restrictions designed to combat the pandemic may not be lifted once it is over.
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Here’s what you need to know about COVID-19 clearances before travelling.
Open scholarship and the use of corporate software services such as Zoom are not always compatible.
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For science to be open, one can reasonably think that it would have to use open software. However, being completely open is not that easy.
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Millions of Britons will be given a COVID vaccination card proving they have received the jab.
U.S. President Donald Trump removes his mask as he stands on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after spending time in hospital with a COVID-19 infection.
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New research suggests that if Donald Trump had handled the COVID-19 pandemic better and kept outbreaks under control, he might have won the Nov. 3 election.
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What if I’ve had COVID? Should I still get the vaccine?
Eight months later, it’s unclear what the government’s strategy actually was when it imposed the strict lockdown.
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Scientists and policymakers need to be more humble in their claims of what they know.
We could edit our genes to make us more resistance to viruses.
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We could start making our genomes equipped to deal with more frequent pandemics. But it may come at a cost.
Sevonna Brown of Black Women’s Blueprint, a mutual aid group, with her son in Brooklyn, New York. Mutual aid groups have been formed across New York City to address the economic plight caused by COVID-19.
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Blacks are at greater risk of dying from COVID-19 than whites. A study that examined racism at the country level had surprising results.
In lieu of in-person gatherings, holiday and end-of-year celebrations will be virtual because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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The second (and third) wave of the pandemic continues as the end-of-year holiday season approaches. Here are strategies to fight Zoom fatigue while staying virtually close to your loved ones.
Designed by psychologists, the free and anonymous web-based app can help you remember who you came in contact with.
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With new US COVID-19 cases topping 200,000 a day, contact tracers are overwhelmed. Here’s how infected people can start tracing and notifying contacts themselves.
Pedestrians walk past a waste bin for disposable face masks in Aarhus Center, Denmark.
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The word, which roughly translates to considering the needs of society above your own, has become a buzzword in Denmark.