The lessons the retail industry learned during the pandemic will continue to shape department store strategies and guide their transformation in the future.
Infection and vaccination both leave their mark in your blood.
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New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.
A person wearing a protective face mask looks at a street mural during the COVID-19 pandemic in Edmonton Alta, in April 2020.
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The only way an Alberta COVID-19 committee can meaningfully determine how public policy should be made is if it tackles head-on the question of how to measure the psychological impacts of policy.
Australia is in the middle of its fifth Omicron wave, which has been brewing since February. But it’s been slow and drawn out and the health impacts are very different to earlier waves.
To adequately prepare for the next pandemic, we need to understand where people’s spirituality and science scepticism overlap – and why.
Long-term care workers shared ideas for mitigating moral distress at work, and these focused on improved communication, collaboration and support.
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Long-term care workers experienced mental health challenges and moral distress during the pandemic. Research shows why workplace standards and support for workers are crucial to the future of LTC.
Our findings suggest lockdown made it harder for us to accurately remember when significant events happened.
Antimicrobial resistance is now a leading cause of death worldwide due to drug-resistant infections, including drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis, pneumonia and Staph infections like the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus shown here.
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Drug-resistant microbes are a serious threat for future pandemics, but the new draft of the WHO’s international pandemic agreement may not include provisions for antimicrobial resistance.
New analysis answers questions about the ongoing effectiveness of COVID vaccines: How well they protect against infection, hospitalization and death months after initial doses or after a booster shot.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has billed the deal as a victory for his party.
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand