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A leading COVID-19 vaccine scientist answers our questions
After warning of the risks of a global pandemic at Davos in 2019, Professor Robin Shattock shares insights on his effort to develop a vaccine against COVID-19.
5 ways to help the world's most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is helping social innovators respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's how you can chip in, right now.
Is AI trustworthy enough to help us fight COVID-19?
Artificial intelligence, or AI, could help us respond to the coronavirus. But first, we must ask serious questions about reliability, safety and fairness.
Telehealth could be a game-changer in the fight against COVID-19. Here’s why
As well as lowering costs and improving outcomes generally, telehealth can help slow the spread of COVID-19 and reduce pressure on healthcare workers.
COVID-19 is a stark reminder that our assault on the natural world has consequences
The coronavirus wasn't man-made - but humanity is responsible for the conditions that have facilitated its spread. It's time to take nature risk seriously.
The future of work is here: 5 ways to reset labour markets after coronavirus recovery
The future of work is here: there is an opportunity to “build back better” in the post-pandemic recovery.
How to fight the COVID-19 infodemic: lessons from 3 Asian countries
New research from the National University of Singapore reveals the most successful strategies used by 3 Asian countries to fight fake news about COVID-19
6 ways to protect human rights during lockdown – according to the UN
The most vulnerable groups in society are at risk as countries around the world have closed their borders and restricted movement during the COVID-19 pandemic – and the United Nations is ...
COVID-19: Dry-swabs and spit could help scale testing, and other top science stories of the week
Dry-swabs and spit could be key for scaling test provision, and clinical trials of experimental drug remdesivir offers signs it could help treat COVID-19.
5 ways collective intelligence can help beat coronavirus in developing countries
As COVID-19 threatens less developed countries, collective intelligence and technology can help by offering insight into the pandemic and how to respond.
Here are the biggest economic challenges we face over the next 10 years
Since the financial crisis of 2008, the world has been drifting towards a perfect storm of financial, political, socioeconomic, and environmental risks, writes economist Nouriel Roubini.
Samuel Pepys' diary shows parallels between life during the bubonic plague and coronavirus
From contradictory public health advice to a sense of paranoia and fear, there are similarities between life in the 17th century and how people are responding to today's COVID-19 pandemic.