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The gendered pandemic
Coronavirus lockdown is undoing gains for women in employment, shared domestic labour and protection from family violence Jess Hill Since the women’s movement started more than…
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How Many People in the U.S. Are Hospitalized With COVID-19? Who Knows?
The Trump administration told hospitals to stop reporting data to the CDC, and report it to HHS instead. Vice President Mike Pence said the information would…
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Five graphs that show how uncertain markets are about the coronavirus recovery
Financial markets can tell us a lot about the economic recovery ahead, based on their direction of travel and how confident investors feel about the future.…
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Is COVID-19 Creating a Generation of Heart Failure Patients?
Two new studies show some coronavirus survivors suffer long-lasting cardiac injury, possibly from the virus invading the heart. Miranda Green Two studies published Monday provide the…
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Delayed online teaching in pandemic widens education gap
The coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted Bangladesh’s already troubled higher education sector, further widening the education gap. Academics say the pandemic could have a long-term impact…
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The COVID-19 Gender Gap
Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Cheng Hoon Lim and Marina M. Tavares The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women’s economic opportunities, widening gender gaps…
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Oxford immunologist on coronavirus vaccine: our early results look highly promising
A vaccine against COVID-19 is urgently needed if we’re to stop the virus spreading and prevent potentially millions of further deaths. We’re now one step closer…
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Black, Asian and other minority groups are more likely to have lost their jobs in lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic and the global rise of anti-racism movements, such as Black Lives Matter, are the most prominent events to define our lives in 2020.…
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The twin viruses of Bangladesh: Corona and corruption
To stop this other epidemic, bureaucracy and law enforcement must be depoliticized No one can envy the plight of Bangladesh, which is battling two viruses at…
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World Population Day 2020, COVID-19 and Bangladesh
This year, 11th July 2020, marks 31 years of World Population Day (WPD) which was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme…
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Kovid-19 and the future of the World Health Organization
The fact that WHO, the global health authority, is inadequate in the fight against Kovid-19 and the increasing criticism towards this situation may lead countries to…
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The Politics of a COVID-19 Vaccine
Even if one or more vaccines emerge that promise to make people less susceptible to COVID-19, the public-health problem will not be eliminated. But policymakers can…