Health and Healthcare Systems
Soccer is back with strict COVID-19 rules. Here’s what you need to know
Soccer matches are kicking off again around the globe, but with new safety measures in place to protect players from COVID-19.
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Ursula von der Leyen: 'We must not hold onto yesterday's economy as we rebuild'
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen has outlined a recovery package to help the EU rebuild a 'modern, clean and healthy' economy after the COVID-19 crisis.
Health and Healthcare Systems
These countries are making ‘travel bubbles’ for post-lockdown tourism
The European Commission has released guidelines for how its Member States can start to ease coronavirus travel restrictions so tourism can begin again. Here’s what other countries are doing.
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A doctor explains: how to tell if it’s hay fever or coronavirus
Hay fever season has started for many, with doctors warning people not to confuse the symptoms with those of coronavirus. Here’s what you need to know.
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Francia quiere que la gente vaya en bicicleta en lugar de usar el transporte público
Mientras Francia se prepara para suavizar las medidas de cierre de COVID-19, está introduciendo un plan de 20 millones de dólares para que más gente vaya en bicicleta, para reducir la con...
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This is how coronavirus has changed the film and TV industry
COVID-19 has brought the film and TV industry to a standstill. Yet there are signs of a comeback. Australian soap Neighbours is restarting production and Netflix enjoying a boom.
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France’s plan to push pedal power to keep post-pandemic pollution levels low
As France prepares to ease COVID-19 lockdown measures, it’s introducing a $20 million scheme to get more people cycling - to cut pollution and keep people safe.
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Una periodista científico explica cómo la gripe española cambió el mundo
La autora Laura Spinney explica cómo la pandemia de gripe española de 1918-19 cambió la sociedad y cómo sus lecciones podrían ayudar a combatir el coronavirus 100 años después.
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A science journalist explains how the Spanish flu changed the world
Author Laura Spinney explains how the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19 changed society and how its lessons could help fight coronavirus 100 years later.
Social Innovation
Comment l'innovation contribue à pallier une dangereuse pénurie de respirateurs
Les gouvernements et les autorités sanitaires du monde entier demandent aux entreprises de réorienter leurs chaînes de production et d'approvisionnement afin de mettre à disposition des v...
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Cómo ayuda la innovación a superar la peligrosa escasez de respiradores
Los gobiernos y las autoridades sanitarias de todo el mundo están pidiendo a las empresas que reconviertan sus líneas de producción y cadenas de suministro para poner a su disposición ven...
Arts and Culture
How to stay creative and keep your family sane during lockdown – from one of the world’s best teachers
From giving children time to transition to homeschooling to practical tips on creativity, here’s advice from the winner of the 2018 Global Teacher Prize.
Health and Healthcare Systems
How innovation is helping ease a dangerous ventilator shortage
Governments and health authorities around the world are asking businesses to repurpose their production lines and supply chains to make life-saving ventilators available. Here’s how compa...
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Two experts explain what other viruses can teach us about COVID-19 – and what they can’t
From how it compares to SARS and MERS, to whether warmer weather in the northern hemisphere will have any impact on transmission, two experts explain some of the facts we do know – and wh...
Health and Healthcare Systems
3 charts that helped change coronavirus policy in the UK and US
The UK and the US have ramped up efforts to 'flatten the curve' of the COVID-19 pandemic. It follows the publication of a scientific report modelling the effectiveness of different interv...