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It’s a great time to learn how to ferment foods. And don’t turn your nose up at frozen veggies - they can be just as nutritious as some of the fresh produce in shops.
How do you know what you’re reading and hearing about COVID-19 is based on fact not myth? Here are the basics, and we’ve created an at-a-glance infographic to make it easier to digest.
Many school kids may be studying from home as their schools have closed or they need to isolate themselves for other reasons. Parents won’t need to be teachers, but more teachers’ aids.
The policy of self-isolation fails to take into account the fact that many poor and low-income people cannot afford to do it.
We’re running out of interest rates to cut to keep the economy from sinking. Before the next recession occurs, we need to come with an effective approach to monetary policy.
Thucydides’ description of the plague that struck Athens in 430 BC is one of the great passages of Greek literature. It focusses on the social response, both of those who died and those who survived.
Apart from their functional purpose, products can also impact how we feel, both about ourselves and our situation.
Government policies and nursing home operators will need to navigate a delicate balance: how to protect older people from COVID-19 while maintaining their rights to social engagement.
We’re likely to see fewer airlines, and a greater proportion of them big, if not strong.
With shelves empty, wartime pages of the Australian Women’s Weekly show us how Australians have dealt with food shortages in the past: with creativity, ingenuity and good humour.
Canada’s decisions about its border closures prompt us to reflect on how we should apply measures of social distancing that are not harmful to others and that still protect human dignity.
Families may want to relax some of their usual rules for digital media use due to social distancing. But keeping bedtime screen-free still makes sense.
As cities, galleries and tourist destinations shut down across the world, news photographers are showing us our world anew.
In some communities, art sales account for 15% of Indigenous income. They are vanishing with the coronavirus, making conditions worse.
Confused about how the new law affects you? You’re not alone. An employment law scholar explains the ins and outs.
Should parliament close because it’s important or stay open because it’s important?
South Korea’s COVID-19 testing programme relies on what many would call privacy invasions.
The British currency is showing the strain of the government’s rescue plan.
Travel bans, social distancing and testing can all be effective against COVID-19.
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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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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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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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