In 2020, with adult ICUs at risk of being overwhelmed, we wore masks and accepted restrictions. Now pediatric intensive care is at risk. Will leaders follow the evidence and tell us to mask up?
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During COVID, rich countries have used masks and gloves from their medical stockpiles. But not all countries are so fortunate. We found the best way to help. It may not be what you think.
We found most governments were ill-prepared, too slow to act, paid too little attention to the most vulnerable, and were hampered by low public trust and an epidemic of misinformation.
Billions of face masks and other personal protective equipment have been used throughout the pandemic. Containing plastic, these items are damaging wildlife and their environments.
If you’re thinking of upgrading from a cloth or surgical mask to a respirator, here’s what you need to know.
The airborne nature of COVID supports routine use of respirators by the public. Here, experts explain the science behind this recommendation.
Throughout the pandemic, community carers have risked their own health and well-being, but have struggled for even basic support and equipment.
Supply chains, choke points, and ‘just in time’ manufacturing – where things went right and wrong during the pandemic.
Engineering students in Malawi and Tanzania have used the materials and tools available to them to build ventilators, personal protective equipment and UV disinfection systems.
An average healer in the rural South African town where the study was done experiences about 1,500 occupational blood exposures in their lifetime.
There has been growing discontent with many local authorities and calls by concerned citizens for the municipalities to be dissolved.
Are two face masks better than one? Adding layers of filtration by double masking is a way of using the masks that we already have, possibly to better effect.
With no national standard, casually employed staff, a lack of PPE and a refusal to account for aerosol transmission, infections such as the one that prompted Perth’s lockdown will keep happening.
Whether it’s health-care workers, kids in school or people running errands, Canadians need face masks during COVID-19. There’s no reason they shouldn’t be made here at home.
Ontario health-care workers confidentially reported feeling sacrificed on the job and needing protection from COVID-19 and other risky working conditions in a recent study.
Everything you need to know about non-woven polypropylene, the fabric now recommended for use as a filter in cloth face masks: What it is, what to look for and where to find it.
Widely adopted in the US when pandemic precautions kept people home, telehealth faces a challenge as insurance coverage changes, right when its popularity had surged.
Scientists handle virus samples every day but infections are incredibly rare – here’s why.
Epidemiologists reviewed 25 studies of cloth face masks. Here’s what they found out about how well they work, why they work, who they protect and why the mosquito and chain-link fence analogy is wrong.
Health-care workers’ access to personal protective equipment, along with appropriate infection control procedures, affected their mental health during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Professor of Medicine, Epidemiologist, Physician, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Health Care Law and Ethics, Barrister, Solicitor, Swansea University
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Professor of Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
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PhD Student, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
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Deputy Director, Burnet Institute, Adjunct Professor, Monash University, Burnet Institute
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Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professional Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Immunology and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Partnerships, Victoria University
