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Coronavirus Variant Spread Through 15 Countries Before Discovery
The B117 variant of the virus responsible for COVID-19 has been spreading for longer than previously known, researchers…
What is thrombocytopenia, the rare blood condition possibly linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Anthony Zulli, Victoria University; Maja Husaric, Victoria University; Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University, and Vasso Apostolopoulos, Victoria University…
Why People Think Suburbs Are Best After Pandemic
There was a time before the pandemic when people valued being able to walk to and from work.…
COVAX Reaches Over 100 Economies, 42 Days After First International Delivery
More than one hundred economies have received life-saving COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, the global mechanism for equitable access to…
Not All Face Mask Materials Give You The Same Protection
Wearing a face mask can protect you and others from COVID-19, but the type of material and how…
Covid-19 Variants: Five Things To Know About How Coronavirus Is Evolving
The Sars-CoV-2 virus is changing in ways that are making it more transmissible, increasing the severity of disease…
5 Strategies To Prepare Now For The Next Pandemic
While the world is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, public health and emergency management experts are already…
People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price
Picture the United States struggling to deal with a deadly pandemic. State and local officials enact a slate…
Can Vaccinated People Still Spread The Coronavirus?
So you’ve gotten your coronavirus vaccine, waited the two weeks for your immune system to respond to the…
What’s In The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package?
President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package cleared its final hurdle in Congress on Wednesday despite no Republicans voting…
3 Medical Innovations Fueled By COVID-19 That Will Outlast The Pandemic
A number of technologies and tools got a chance to prove themselves for the first time in the…
Watch: Simple Test Shows Masks Reduce Droplet Spray
Eric Westman was one of the first champions of masking as a means to curtail the spread of…
Experts: A Mask Cuts Your Coronavirus Risk By 65%
Social distancing and wearing a mask prevent you from spreading COVID-19, but they also protect you from getting…
How does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine compare to other coronavirus vaccines? 4 questions answered
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine in…
What can people in wealthy nations do to fix COVID vaccine ‘apartheid’?
It was heartwarming to see 90-year-old Briton Margaret Keenan becoming the first patient in the world to get the SARS-CoV2…
Relief or stimulus: What’s the difference, and what it means for Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus package
The Biden administration and Congress are fast-tracking a US$1.9 trillion coronavirus package that includes aid for states, cities,…
These Countries Have Yet To Start Covid-19 Vaccinations
As the United States pledges $4 billion to support COVAX and the equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines worldwide,…
How To Build More Resilient Countries After The COVID-19 Pandemic
In 2020, the world witnessed what happens when a global risk becomes reality. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have…
Eurasia Group Publishes Top Risks For 2021
As we begin 2021, the United States is the most powerful, politically divided, and economically unequal of the…
A Vaccination Race Between Nations Can Have No Winners
In 2020, one of the world’s most pressing challenges was to develop a vaccine against COVID-19. There is…
How Effective Are The Covid-19 Vaccines?
Last week, there was more good news on the Covid-19 vaccine front with U.S firms Johnson & Johnson…
Why COVID-19 Won’t Kill Cities
For those of you who live in cities, ask yourself: What it is about your urban lifestyle that…
These Are The World’s Greatest Threats In 2021
The Global Risks Report 2021 is the 16th edition of the Forum’s annual analysis and looks back at a…
The Covid-19 Vaccination Race
As a result of early efforts to secure vaccine candidates, a quick approval progress by authorities and effective infrastructure…
COVID-19 And Geopolitics – 5 Lessons From Past Pandemics
Did yellow fever change the course of US history? Would global cooperation on diseases exist today without the…
How many people need to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to stop the coronavirus?
It has been clear for a while that, at least in the U.S., the only way out of…
How Has Our Urban World Made Pandemics More Likely?
Cities are hubs for business and innovation, but can also create favourable conditions for increased disease transmission. Here,…
Five Things You Need To Know About: mRNA Vaccine Safety
In trials these vaccines have shown to be at least 94% effective at preventing people from falling ill…
PCR, Antigen And Antibody: Five Things To Know About Coronavirus Tests
We want technologies that are fast, accurate, have high capacity, that don’t require expensive, complex laboratory equipment or…
Why should I trust the coronavirus vaccine when it was developed so fast? A doctor answers that and other reader questions
Note: With a coronavirus vaccination effort now underway, you might have questions about what this means for you…
Is The World Up To The Challenge Of Mass COVID-19 Vaccination?
In a year that has seen a pandemic that has left few unaffected, where consequences resulting from attempts…
Why It Matters That The Coronavirus Is Changing – And What This Means For Vaccine Effectiveness
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom, with over 1,400 cases since September. SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
Coronavirus New Variant – Genomics Researcher Answers Key Questions
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of…
Here’s How COVID-19 Has Affected The Restaurant And Hospitality Business
During this past year, the COVID-19 epidemic brought uncertainty and havoc to the global economy. The restaurant and…
Which Group Of People In The US Are Most Hesitant To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
The COVID-19 vaccine is finally entering the arms of the first Americans after less than a year of research and…
When Can Children Get The COVID-19 Vaccine? 5 Questions Parents Are Asking
The first COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for use in the U.S., and states have been drawing up…
This Is How We Can Save Millions Of People From Extreme Poverty After COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic could push another 200 million people into extreme poverty unless action is taken to accelerate…
COVID-19 Vaccines: How Pfizer’s And Moderna’s 95% Effective mRNA Shots Work
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a massive allocation of resources towards producing solutions, from identifying life-saving medications, tracking…
This Is How We Prevent Future Pandemics, Say 22 Leading Scientists
Here’s the good news: we can prevent future pandemics. But only if we take steps to protect the…
How Hard Has Airbnb Been Hit By The Pandemic?
Three days before its highly anticipated stock market debut, Airbnb has raised the price range for its initial…
How COVID-19 Vaccines Will Get From The Factory To Your Local Pharmacy
Bahar Aliakbarian is an expert in supply chain management in pharmaceuticals and a professor at the School of…
We Modelled How A COVID Vaccine Roll-Out Would Work. Here’s What We Found
How well we distribute and administer a COVID-19 vaccine will have massive health, social and economic ramifications. So…
The Cost Per Jab Of Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates
While most reports regarding potential Covid-19 vaccines have quite rightly focused on their efficacy, ease of distribution and cost are…
5 Ways To Improve Emergency Preparedness For Next Time
A new analysis of the United States government’s response to COVID-19 highlights myriad problems with its emergency preparedness…
Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19
World AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid another pandemic – COVID-19. The highly infectious novel…
4 Steps For Planning The Holidays During COVID-19
The last several months of experience fighting the COVID-19 pandemic can help you to plan a safer holiday…
Keeping Indoor Air Clean Can Reduce The Chance Of Spreading Coronavirus
The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, mostly from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the…
Advice For Professors: How To Diversify The Educational Process For Distance Learning Students
The rampant spread of the Covid-19 pandemic across the world has subsequently led to a dramatic change in…
How The Modern World Was Shaped By Epidemics 500 Years Ago
The coronavirus pandemic has been compared with many previous contagions, including the great plague and the 1918 Spanish…
How mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna work, why they’re a breakthrough and why they need to be kept so cold
As the weather cools, the number of infections of the COVID-19 pandemic are rising sharply. Hamstrung by pandemic…