The need for a pandemic fund was based on the experience of low and middle-income countries who struggled to finance their healthcare systems during COVID-19 outbreak.
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A new study of people in England sought to understand what factors make people more or less susceptible to developing long COVID.
As Canada plans to welcome 500,000 new permanent residents a year by 2025, the government must make changes to make the immigration system more fair and transparent.
For one, washing your hands is unlikely to prevent COVID spread.
The risk of catching COVID at home wasn’t researched, advised on, legislated about, policed or managed as much as risk at work, school or in public places.
But on the positive side, support for multiculturalism and ethnic diversity continues to grow and is likely to be a valuable asset to our social cohesion in future.
A UK survey found most long COVID sufferers have experienced discrimination, prejudice or shame related to the condition.
Time is running out to expand an agreement to relax patent rules on COVID vaccines. Members of the World Trade Organization should broaden its scope to treatments and tests.
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?
People who had COVID were 55% more likely to develop epilepsy or seizures over the next six months than people who had influenza – but the overall risk is still small.
Record numbers of young people have faced mental health difficulties during the pandemic. Our research suggests that those without computer access were more likely to be affected.
During the pandemic, online learning suddenly replaced traditional teaching methods.
Long COVID impacts one in every five people who’ve had the virus. In the U.S., early research shows people of colour are most likely to develop long COVID. It has been called a mass-disabling event.
As the climate crisis worsens, and after being ravaged by the COVID-19, it is paramount for Indonesia and G20 countries to strengthen global pandemic preparedness and climate action.
Genetic research is big business and has yielded life-saving treatments. But experts are warning of caution about ‘gain of function’ research that has the pandemic potential.
Yi-Fu Tuan, who died in August 2022, was considered the father of humanistic geography. His scholarship on our sense of space and place can tell us a great deal about the challenges we face today.
Two new omicron variants seem to be waiting in the wings to usurp BA.5. Here’s what we know about BQ.1 and XBB.
Flu and COVID-19 are expected to make headway during the current respiratory virus season. The best way to stay healthy is vaccination in conjunction with personal protective measures.
Our research has shown that people with high blood pressure are more likely to be admitted to hospital and die from COVID. But effective blood pressure control helps.
Lagging booster vaccine uptake in England means millions of people may not be optimally protected ahead of winter.
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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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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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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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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Co-Director, Bridge Research Consortium, Simon Fraser University
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University Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of Immunology and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Guelph
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Bernard T. Ferrari Professor of Business, Johns Hopkins 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