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Wellbeing and Mental Health
This could be a simple solution to loneliness, according to scientists
Feel less lonely in your free time by doing activities that involve skill and concentration, say researchers at Penn State University.
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 top news stories: Gavi has $4.8 billion in COVAX funding; Two-thirds of Africans infected since COVID-19 began; Shanghai lifting some lockdown restrictions.
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Can telemedicine replace in-person mental health appointments?
Telemedicine has made access to mental health treatments convenient for patients. However, telepsychiatry has raised privacy and confidentiality issues.
Health and Healthcare Systems
This is how COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of website technology
Digital technologies have played a crucial role in helping firms weather the worst of the COVID shock, including contactless payments and online technologies.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Economic inequality has deepened during the pandemic. That doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed
The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened economic inequality across the globe. Urgent action is needed to support people in poverty and narrow the wealth gap.
Health and Healthcare Systems
5 lessons the pandemic taught us about ending homelessness
Lockdowns enabled governments to treat homelessness as a public health emergency. Now a new report details how we can end homelessness in the long term.
Health and Healthcare Systems
How innovative financing will help prepare for future pandemics
Using an innovative financing model — already deployed against COVID and malaria — the international community can build an equitable and resilient future.
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID-19: What you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic
Top COVID-19 news stories: WHO outlines plan to end COVID emergency phase; Shanghai to test all residents; Restrictions ease in Switzerland, Korea, Italy.
Health and Healthcare Systems
8 ways women will re-shape the post-COVID-19 world
Women were hit hard by COVID-19 and have had to adapt. A survey indicating eight new personas show they have new priorities, skills and social vigour.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Here's why trust is so vital when tackling COVID-19
Trust allows for the acceptance of evolving science as well as the curbing of freedoms for the sake of public health, finds Edelman's Trust Barometer.
Education and Skills
How to address the widening youth skills gap
PwC, UNICED and Generation Unlimited investigate youth skills needs in a new research paper, 'Yes', urging stakeholders to create opportunities for the youth and close the existing skills...
Health and Healthcare Systems
How Europe can exit the COVID-19 public health emergency
To exit the current public health emergency, European countries need to adopt measures to control COVID-19 transmission without imposing severe restrictions.