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Citizens emerge from the slums

Oct 2, 2021

Do the world’s nearly 1 billion urban poor, who subsist without legal housing, reliable water and sewer infrastructure, and predictable employment, lack political engagement as well? Ying Gao does not...

Responsible investment is not enough to combat climate change

Oct 2, 2021

The popularity of responsible investment has increased dramatically, and the issue of climate change has further increased its popularity. According to Professor of Finance Vesa Puttonen and Bachelor of Science...

Australia set to announce ‘no jab, no pay’ rules for health workers

Oct 2, 2021

Australia is set to announce new “no jab, no pay” rules for all health workers in a move that is set to inflame tensions with anti-vaxxers. Australia is set to...

Melbourne cases hit record despite two months of lockdown

Oct 2, 2021

Australia's largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, and the capital Canberra are in a weeks-long lockdown to combat a third wave of infections fuelled by the fast-moving Delta variant. Authorities have...

Academy of Social Sciences confers Fellowships on three Cambridge academics

Oct 1, 2021

The Academy of Social Sciences is composed of individual Fellows, Learned Societies, and a number of affiliates who together form a community of around 90,000 social scientists. The Academy seeks...

Track and trace in Sierra Leone

Oct 1, 2021

He had taken it there in December 2019 to help a taskforce coordinated by the national research institute (INRB) to fight the emerging Ebola epidemic in DRC. Although there were...

Encourage wealthy and well-connected to use their influence to tackle climate change

Oct 1, 2021

“High socioeconomic status people aren’t just those with more money, but those with better social networks. Investments also provide an opportunity for those of higher socioeconomic status to mitigate climate...

RECOVERY Trial paper wins BMJ’s 2021 UK Research Paper of the Year Award

Sep 30, 2021

The paper describes the discovery in June 2020 of the world’s first effective, readily available treatment for COVID-19 – the inexpensive steroid, dexamethasone. The RECOVERY trial is a collaboration between...

Sydney's unvaccinated warned of social isolation when COVID-19 lockdown ends

Sep 30, 2021

"A lot of businesses have said they will not accept anyone who is unvaccinated," Berejiklian told Seven News on Tuesday. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt welcomed the New South Wales...

New research provides compelling evidence of the connection between AMR surgical-site infections and arthropods

Sep 30, 2021

AMR could render many of the current mainstay and last-resort antibiotics useless, resulting in many more deaths from previously treatable infections. As is further research into understand the impact of...