With four COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in Canada, it’s time to answer FAQs about efficacy, immunity, eradication and variants.
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COVID-19 prevention measures are at odds with guidelines for healthy development of children’s immune systems. The result may be a cluster of youth with more allergies, asthma and autoimmune disease.
As climate change drives pollen counts upward, that could potentially result in greater human susceptibility to other viruses, as well.
What if you passed COVID-19 to someone else? For those living with that guilt, the thought could be devastating.
Despite a decrease in traffic during the pandemic, single-vehicle car crashes increased.
One important metric by which we can measure the success of our public health system: Ensuring everyone has access to immunization in their community.
Much has changed in the year since the nation became the first in Europe to be hit by the pandemic.
Shoring up surveillance and response systems and learning lessons from how the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded will help the world be ready the next time around.
SARS-CoV-2 is much like a zombie virus. It interferes with normal sickness behavior and blocks pain, turning its victims into unsick spreaders of the virus.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused people of all ages to cancel or delay routine eye care, raising red flags among eye care professionals.
The COVID-19 case spike in the summer of 2020 and earlier attempts to rely on personal responsibility, like wearing seat belts, showed that mandates make a difference.
By continuing to privilege economic growth over environmental and social sustainability, we are taking huge risks with our future.
The UK government has an option to act boldly after Rishi Sunak’s latest budget.
The coronavirus pandemic has meant homes rather than offices have become workplaces. Companies need to respond to these new cybersecurity threats.
With the right preparation, specialist destinations can benefit from an expected increase in demand.
Recent federal mask mandates on all public transit have burdened bus drivers with difficult and sometimes dangerous duties to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
The government of Ontario’s announcement of funding of a wearable contact tracking device for workplaces raises concerns about privacy and surveillance.
With outdated delivery systems at many hospitals and clinics, mistakes can lead to costly duplication of services and poor patient outcomes. But there are ways to fix the current system.
Nearly a half-million Americans die every year from smoking and tobacco use. Might a little-used legal remedy save those lives?
One year on from when lockdowns began in the west, specialists reflect on how these two fields have responded to the crisis.
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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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Professor, Biology, 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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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW Sydney
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Dean and Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Operations Management & Business Analytics, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Immunology and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
