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Some countries report higher rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths among men. This might be due to underreporting among women with limited health access.
Latest numbers show antimicrobial resistant infections contributed to 4.95 millions deaths globally in 2019.
CORBEVAX is anticipated to significantly expand vaccine access to people in low- and middle-income countries.
If COVID symptoms are less severe, people with the Omicron variant may be less likely to test and isolate.
Researchers asked aid workers how to best prepare for the climate emergency in places where its effects are most severe.
At the beginning of 2020, most people hadn’t used the word ‘pandemic’ before. Now it’s time to understand the term ‘endemic’ and find out what to expect when COVID changes shape.
Local research is particularly needed to assess existing policies and inform efforts to implement them better.
The high costs of the world’s colossally unequal COVID-19 immunization rates.
A more coordinated effort by scientists, stakeholders and community members will be required to stop the next deadly virus that’s already circulating in our midst.
If there ever was a global health system, then it has gone sadly missing when we needed it most.
Lost revenue is money that could be spent on lifting people out of poverty.
Technology that can identify stray bits of genetic material in the environment can help scientists monitor human and animal health.
Plus a round-up of the coronavirus situation around the world marking one year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Listen to Episode 6 of The Conversation Weekly.
Rolling out vaccines, sticking with public health measures, and keeping misinformation and complacency in check. These are just some of what to expect as the pandemic enters its second year.
Fair global agreements, home-grown vaccines and sharing extra doses with poorer nations are all needed if we’re to ever emerge from this pandemic.
There’s no better way and better opportunity for Canada to prove it can be a world leader than now, with a comprehensive global health strategy for the post-pandemic era.
With $1 billion in advance purchase agreements for COVID-19 vaccines, Canada has joined the vaccine nationalists: rich countries buying up more than half the global short-term supply of vaccine.
A warming climate may change the types of viruses that thrive. A new report suggests that the threat of malaria may be replaced by dengue, for which there is no treatment and no cure.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is arguably the world’s best-placed agency to fight COVID-19. But it’s been cut out of the loop, and pandemic data will now go straight to the White House.
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health, McGill University
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Visiting Fellow at Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Professor and Chief Health Officer - COVID and Health Emergencies, Burnet Institute
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University
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Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
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Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Tasmania
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Research Director, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
