Major cities and their birds are breathing easier. Across China, smog has given way to the colour blue. Even the snow-capped Himalayas are visible from parts of Northern India for the first time in local’s memories.
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Chronic disease, health equity and COVID-19
One in two Australians has a chronic disease or condition such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease or cancer. Chronic disease is driven – and made worse – by social and economic inequities; disadvantaged communities and groups experience higher rates of chronic disease and poorer health outcomes
6 countries, 6 curves: how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster
To understand the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic is more usefully viewed as a series of distinct local epidemics. The way the virus has spread in different countries, and even in particular states or regions within them, has been quite varied.
Contact tracing app – a tool for ending the COVID pandemic
Imagine you have just been told you have COVID-19. We know this is infectious, so the chances are, you may well have given it to others already.
The public health discipline after Covid-19
The Coronavirus pandemic draws our attention to the importance of public health in maintaining global human health