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Here’s How To Make Public Transport Safer During COVID-19

September 28, 2020

As people around the world emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and return to work, the question of how to provide safe and sustainable public transport is becoming increasingly urgent. With the…

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Here’s How To Make Public Transport Safer During COVID-19

September 28, 2020

As people around the world emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and return to work, the question of how to provide safe and sustainable public transport is becoming increasingly urgent. With the…

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New Report Gives Covid-19 Testing Strategies To Help America’s Communities Open Safely

September 28, 2020

A new, first-of-its kind report provides a framework for public health officials and community leaders in schools, businesses and other institutions on how to use Covid-19 screening test strategies to…

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Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Shows COVID-19 Has Stalled 20 Years of Progress, Calls for Global Response to End the Pandemic

September 24, 2020

Report shows how economic damage has reinforced inequities and derailed achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; spotlights countries innovating to meet challenges The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched…

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How COVID-19 Is Shaping Our Cities And Communities

September 23, 2020

The emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020 turned our world upside down, forcing the global population indoors and making us fearful of getting too close to other people. In an…

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Alcohol And Junk Food Companies Are Exploiting The Pandemic

September 14, 2020

From marketing beer with pandemic lingo to giving money to governments, a report argues that corporate capture of COVID-19 is putting lives at risk. Alcohol and junk food companies have…

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This Century Will See Massive Shifts In The Global Population, Economy, And Power Structure

September 9, 2020

A lot of the predictions we hear about the future involve a hot, crowded planet, one where we need some serious science to figure out how to feed everyone and…

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History Tells Us Trying To Stop Diseases Like COVID-19 At The Border Is A Failed Strategy

September 2, 2020

To explain why the coronavirus pandemic is much worse in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world, commentators have blamed the federal government’s mismanaged response and the lack of…

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Why Divine Immanence Mattered For The Civil Rights Struggle

August 28, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr knew he was risking his life. The US civil rights leader, who would be assassinated in 1968 while campaigning for equality, realised that his safety, and…

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5 Lessons We Must Take From The Coronavirus Crisis

August 25, 2020

The tele-health team at Jefferson Health has been calling themselves the “Night’s Watch”, a reference to the battle-hardened border patrol in the TV series Game of Thrones. And it’s true,…

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