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Rich Countries Close Their Eyes to the Global Covid Surge at Their Own Peril
The pandemic’s death toll is now being felt most gravely in developing nations. This virus is not done yet Is there one pandemic, or two? That…
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How Taiwan Beat COVID-19 – New Study Reveals Clues to Its Success
Taiwan has been widely applauded for its management of the pandemic, with one of the lowest per capita COVID-19 rates in the world and life on…
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The Best Hope For Fairly Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines Globally is at Risk of Failing. Here’s How to Save It
COVAX, the global initiative to coordinate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in an equitable way, is crucial for bringing the pandemic under control. But COVAX’s aim…
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Post-Pandemic Travel: The Trends We’ll See When the World Opens Up Again
It’s been a while since the question “where should I travel to next?” has felt within reach. COVID-19 continues to affect travel by forcing governments to…
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New COVID Variants have Changed the Game and Vaccines will Not be Enough. We Need Global ‘Maximum Suppression’
At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain the upper hand over SARS-CoV-2, the…
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Covid Won’t be the Last Pandemic. Will We be Better Prepared for the Next One?
Whether it’s a new virus or antimicrobial resistance, governments must build on the lessons of 2020 to defeat the next outbreak Wouldn’t it be wonderful if…
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COVID a Year on: Inequalities and Anxieties About Returning to Workplaces are Becoming Clearer
A year on from when many governments began directing people to work at home wherever possible because of the pandemic, few anticipated that it would become…
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Tackling the Global Learning Crisis
By exacerbating a pre-existing "learning crisis," the COVID-19 pandemic has undermined many developing countries' long-term economic prospects. Even in the face of today's fiscal constraints, immediate…
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A Year of Pandemic has Changed the Trajectory of Our World
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis an official pandemic. One year later, the pandemic has changed our…
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Coronavirus: Will Immunity Rapidly Fade or Last a Lifetime?
The COVID vaccines are working. Data from Israel and Scotland shows that they are protecting people and may also be decreasing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2…
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5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating
We can learn from our failures. WHEN THE POLIO VACCINE was declared safe and effective, the news was met with jubilant celebration. Church bells rang across…
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COVID-19 has Sparked New Relationships Between Academia and Policymakers – We Must Maintain Them
In the aftermath of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19, the New York Times stated that “science has failed to guard us”. This was hardly unfair,…