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Innovation needed in mental health treatment
Andrew Robb and Tania de Jong Struggling with your mental health confronts you. Depression, for its part, can overwhelm you with false anxieties and meaningless, torturous…
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Việt Nam’s wartime strategy successfully deployed for COVID-19 battle
Việt Nam recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of the country’s National Reunification and victory over a global superpower, but it has also been praised internationally in…
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After Little India riot, Singapore promised migrant workers decent housing. What happened?
Some 13,000 migrant workers in dorms – mostly from India, Bangladesh and China – have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of April. Their living…
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Coronavirus requires truth, not conspiracy theories
It has been a shock to discover that more than half the world’s population has been placed under house arrest. Hard to believe a mere bat…
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COVID-19: to test or not to test
You can’t fight a virus if you don’t know where it is. These were the words of Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr…
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Race for coronavirus vaccine faces early challenges
Drug companies are racing to develop a coronavirus vaccine at breakneck speed, but they’re quickly encountering challenges with clinical trials, production capacity and governmental approval. The…
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Healthcare workers are still coming under attack during the coronavirus pandemic
Sophie Roborgh and Larissa Fast From balconies, windows and door fronts around the world, citizens are applauding healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 response…
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Containing COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Asad Islam, Gaurav Datt and Sisira Jayasuriya COVID-19 is now in Bangladesh. It is one of the world’s most densely populated countries with poor healthcare infrastructure,…
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The generation Covid-19 will scar
Just after noon on Wednesday, Scott Morrison sent out on social media an ominous message for anyone concerned about inequality of opportunity, income and wealth in…
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COVID – 19: Changing Dynamics, Shifting World?
As of April 17, 2020COVID 19, a health hazard of unimaginable proportions has infected 2020 1.9 million and killed more than 150000 and counting. However, Australia’s…
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Coronavirus: how economic rescue plans can set the global economy on a path to decarbonisation
As states contemplate how to restart the global economy after the pandemic, it’s important to remember that we’ve been here before. The global financial crisis of…
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What Donald Trump’s funding cuts to WHO mean for the world
US President Donald Trump has announced the US is cutting its funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – a decision that will have major implications…