Not only is the health sector feminized, but women — particularly racialized women — are more likely to be in jobs at the low end of the pay scale, but that require prolonged contact with patients.
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Research on both sides of the globe shows that unmanageable workloads is the main reason why many ambulance service staff are considering quitting the profession.
Nearly four years on from the start of the pandemic, there has been no independent review of the role the intelligence agencies played during the crisis.
Vaccine policies fall on a spectrum, from mandates to recommendations. Deciding what to use and when is not so much a science but a balancing act between personal autonomy and public good.
Memorialising a pandemic that is still underway is a challenge. Official commemoration needs to be about remembrance and preparedness.
COVID-19 remains a global public health threat despite its current non-pandemic status.
Employees revealed a constant ‘drip’ of verbal abuse could be even more harmful than physical violence.
While both nursing homes and home care impose financial burdens, their differing structures can influence how older Canadians save money.
Hundreds of thousands of red hearts adorn a wall directly opposite parliament, yet successive prime ministers have nothing to say about officially marking the lives lost in the pandemic.
COVID has spread many times from humans to white-tailed deer and back again.
No matter how much we believe our knowledge and our technological capabilities have evolved, pandemics prove we are still at the mercy of the natural world.
New research shows that breastfeeding rates peaked in 2020, a time of strict COVID restrictions.
COVID-19-related support only reduced the negative impact of the pandemic on financial capital, and not on the other forms of capital
While the pandemic and Ukraine war are key contributors to the cost of living crisis, climate change has also had a role to play.
Models are powerful, but they have their risks, and AI is just the latest example. The best way to address this is by ensuring that AI can be developed in a globally decentralized way.
Ordinary, everyday experiences of the pandemic, such as mask wearing and quarantining, are rendered extraordinary through the show’s melodrama.
There is hope for a return to a more traditional and enjoyable Olympic Games with the upcoming 2024 Paris Games.
Horror filmmakers are wrestling with space in cities and what it means to share it.
Ghana’s housing deficit needs immediate attention.
During the pandemic, it was common for politicians to explain their COVID-19 policies by saying they were ‘just following the science.’ Such claims can be misleading about both science and government.
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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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