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A biomedical researcher and pediatrician who works with Kawasaki disease and COVID-19 explains the similarities and differences in the worrisome cases doctors are starting to see.
Mobile technology has great potential to improve healthcare in Nigeria but government must provide regulatory framework.
The decision is further proof that the government still prioritises the economy over its own people’s well-being during this pandemic.
The US faces a high risk of hurricanes and other disasters this year that could leave thousands of people in need of shelter. COVID-19 will make those disasters more dangerous to manage.
An addiction psychiatrist explains why smoking raises the risks from COVID-19 and how to quit.
A holistic, cultural and local approach to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic is needed in Indonesia.
Despite their popularity, there are reasons to doubt whether “home gardens” provide a sustainable and cost-effective way of addressing hidden hunger.
As Nigeria battles COVID-19, systemic corruption and a low level of accountability in the health sector may undermine efforts to halt the devastating effect of the virus.
Reopening state economies too soon risks a second wave of the pandemic, and a surge in medical costs. Anyone who pays insurance premiums and taxes will be picking up the tab.
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, identified nine existing drugs that show promise to treat COVID-19. The proteins they target haven’t been tried before.
The danger of treating COVID-19 as an astronomically rare and improbable event is that we will treat it as such and fail to prepare for the next pandemic. And there will be another pandemic.
If the forecasts are right, the US could be facing more natural disasters this year – on top of the coronavirus pandemic. Local governments aren’t prepared.
In time of crisis like today, instead of blaming one another, countries should foster international cooperation.
The open-plan, shared office may be a thing of the past if physical distancing and stricter hygiene become the new normal.
Africa’s leaders need to implement COVID-19 policies that protects African economies from the health crisis.
The government doesn’t know how many people have died of COVID-19, in part because it didn’t require nursing homes to report cases to the CDC. In some states, over half of deaths are in nursing homes.
Pets might not protect us from the coronavirus, but they can help us get better.
Southern governors are starting to reopen their economies at the same time COVID-19 cases are spreading through the rural South.
How and when the US economy reopens will look different state to state, and for good reasons. This Q&A explains why, and why some states are working together.
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