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We must work together to help asthma patients through COVID-19
This World Asthma Day is a chance to reflect on how best to help sufferers during this pandemic. Here are four key areas of focus to help improve patient's lives.
Nearly 51 million people are internally displaced. This is what that means
A record number of people around the world have been driven from their home by war or disaster but haven’t crossed a border to find safety. Now coronavirus poses a new threat.
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic on 5 May
Today's top stories: The global death toll rises above 250,000; researchers in the US have doubled the country's death toll forecast; France's first known coronavirus case was in December...
Blockchain: the vaccine against future disruption in the seafood industry
COVID-19 is inflicting suffering in every sector of the seafood industry, from fishing to restaurants. But blockchain's ability to account for every link in the supply chain could minimiz...
4 opportunities to open up on diversity after the coronavirus
When we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, we will need the greatest possible variety of perspective and experience to rebuild a better working environment
COVID-19: Using cash payments to protect the poor in Pakistan
Initial reports suggest this approach has provided some stability and may help alleviate some of the expected economic damage from coronavirus.
How India's rural poor are coping with the coronavirus lockdown
Loss of income and threats to food security: COVID-19 is hitting India's rural poor hard. Here's why investing in women could be the best way to help.
Why ‘shoe-leather’ contact tracing can’t be ignored: WHO COVID-19 briefing
Tech tools have enhanced tracing efforts but can't replace the human workforce that's needed to find and isolate cases, according to the WHO.
How will COVID-19 affect China's Belt and Road Initiative?
As the ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic are felt across the globe, the nature, pace and scope of China's Belt and Road Initiative will also be affected. Here's how.
COVID-19 could make the world of work more inclusive. Especially for those who are neurodiverse
As everyone begins to settle into a ‘new’ way of working, we have an opportunity to consider this as a social experiment at scale and took take the time to identify any benefits.
COVID-19: How an office outbreak in South Korea shows that protecting workers is vital for relaxing lockdown
A coronavirus outbreak in a building in Seoul was brought swiftly under control – but new research raises questions about how to protect workers as offices reopen.
What hotels must learn from hospitals for the new reality of tourism
"Today, you are a safety company that has hotels." To win back customers' trust, owners must rethink their businesses - and hospitals can help. Here's how.