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Three paths to restart
Three strategies have emerged to defeat COVID-19, with different approaches to managing tradeoffs between health outcomes and economic and societal costs.
How Thailand's social enterprises are helping locals survive COVID-19
Thailand's social enterprises are working as e-commerce platforms to help communities cut off by coronavirus, which can no longer rely on tourism to survive.
Why it is vital to protect start-ups during COVID-19
Start-ups are key drivers of growth, employment and innovation, but COVID-19 has halted the creation of new businesses. Policymakers can change that.
COVID-19 could change the welfare state forever
Governments are boosting spending to support those who have been most affected by COVID-19. The pandemic could lead to a new consensus on the welfare state.
'Pandemic potential': New flu virus is found in pigs
The 'G4' strain of H1N1 has 'all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus' according to the U.S. journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Here’s how COVID-19 creates food waste mountains that threaten the environment
Mountains of produce, including eggs, milk and onions, are going to waste during the pandemic. And food decay could mean greater greenhouse gas emissions.
COVID-19: What you need to know about coronavirus on 30 June
Top stories: confirmed cases reach 10 million worldwide, some lockdowns are being reinstated, and the WHO warns that the pandemic is actually speeding up.
The best way to rebuild business resilience post-COVID-19? Lean into uncertainty
How scenario planning in the uncertain age of COVID-19 can help organizations stabilize their businesses and communities and rebuild growth post-pandemic
COVID-19: Top science stories of the week, including new diabetes link and the latest Beijing outbreak
Including a possible new diabetes link and the genome sequence of the virus behind the latest Beijing outbreak, these are some of latest coronavirus science stories.
3 ways governments can address cybersecurity in the post-pandemic world
COVID-19 has increased reliance on the internet – and cybercrime. But governments have an opportunity to address cybersecurity in the post-pandemic world.
These are the challenges to making a coronavirus vaccine
Hundreds of countries, companies and organisations are working together around the world in the hunt for a vaccine to solve the COVID-19 pandemic. We hear from Dr Seth Barkley (CEO, G...
