How Cities Shape Pandemics
Cities and pandemics are closely linked throughout history. A lot of lives have been claimed by disease outbreaks. Each time, these outbreaks act like some sort of a lesson that…
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How Big Will The Coronavirus Pandemic Be? An Epidemiologist Updates His Concerns
The Harvard historian Jill Lepore recounted recently in The New Yorker magazine that when democracies sink into crisis, the question “where are we going?” leaps to everyone’s mind, as if…
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What Do Smart Cities Mean For Healthcare And Nursing?
Smart cities are cities that are built upon data and automated systems. They have the ability to adjust their infrastructure according to the needs of their citizens. This means, for…
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Only Eight Countries Have Full Equal Rights For Women
Right now, there are only eight countries in the world which offer gender equality guaranteed by the law. This is according to the report from the World Bank’s project, Women,…
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The Role of the Youth in Socio-Economic Development
Often, we hear that students are our future. College and university experts repeat all the time ‘You have to work hard on research papers and other studies written on important…
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Developing Countries Could Get Sick Before They Get Rich. Policy Can Help
Improved human well-being is one of the modern era’s greatest triumphs. The age of plenty has also led to an unexpected global health crisis: two billion people are either overweight…
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2020’s Best And Worst US States For Women
It will take 99.5 years for the world to attain gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s study, the Global Gender Gap Report 2020. In terms of political empowerment,…
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Coronavirus: Why People Are Panic Buying Toilet Paper And How To Stop It
The UK has found itself in a panic buying frenzy in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. A very flustered health secretary Matt Hancock urged restraint and attempted to calm…
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If A City Were Designed By Women, How Would It Look?
At a glimpse, our cities may seem like they cater to everyone. Taking a closer look, however, would reveal that a lot of our cities are built by and at…
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Coronavirus: Which Countries Are Most Affected?
The number of those infected by COVID-19 in Mainland China reported an increase, now with a total of 80,270 confirmed cases, reversing a three-day decline in numbers. The uptick of…
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