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From reading more to re-reading safe favourites, there are early signs that the COVID-19 has influenced how and what we are reading.
Online learning is not automatically inferior to face-to-face teaching.
Cut yourself some slack. For most people, the pandemic has been a unique challenge.
Folklore isn’t a whimsical fancy - it’s happening all around us all the time.
Students can still have a good experience at university this year – if universities take their needs and concerns seriously.
New research finds that while some women thrived during lockdown, others found breastfeeding to be difficult and overwhelming.
Fewer patients attended hospital with mild strokes during the spring, but the reasons behind this are a mystery.
Lockdowns have a key role in controlling COVID-19 but we must be aware of the risks of isolating people who are vulnerable to suicidal distress.
Despite taking different approaches, both countries have won praise for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak. So what can we learn from that?
From setting passwords to cultivating patience, a mindful approach to virtual working, studying and socializing can make life online manageable.
With sufficient testing and co-ordination, reopening schools and businesses in areas without active outbreaks can be as effective as a wide lockdown in minimizing COVID-19 cases, according to a new model.
With a month to until polling day on October 17, the 2020 general election defies conventional analysis.
Low income workers are suffering much more than high income ones. It’s a pattern that dates back millennia.
Some children are not socially engaging with their peers in the way they did before the pandemic. It’s understandable if parents are worried.
Lockdown is a drastic solution to limit the impact of COVID-19 and has many costs, as this long read explains.
Marcus Rashford has spoken eloquently about what happens when the government does not provide adequate support for food-insecure families. Children we interviewed said the same thing.
As we clear the path towards a COVID-normal, mental illness prevention must be prioritised. Including it as a focus of the National Preventive Health Strategy could be a start.
When the One Nation leader sent ‘gifts’ to public housing residents, Australia Post stepped in to make sure they arrived.
Despite thinking of ourselves as anti-authoritarian, Australians have a high tolerance for government intervention in their lives, if they believe it is for the common good.
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies, Adjunct Professor in the School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Former Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professional Research Fellow, Victoria University
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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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Professor of Philosophy of Science, Durham University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Economics, De Montfort University
