Category: The Conversation

  By Kate Maclean

  By Matthew MacKenzie

  Political and economic power-holders will strive for a return to pre-pandemic ‘normality’

  Is it possible that people who recover from COVID-19 will be plagued with long term side effects from the infection? An infectious disease physician reviews the evidence

  States have stepped in after past crises. but they don’t always stick around

  By Anton Muscatelli,

Goddesses have traditionally protected against sickness and cured the ill, according to Hindu belief. More recently they have been coopted to combat AIDS and traffic deaths

  By David Rosenberg

South Korea did not have a full lockdown. EPA-EFE/Jeon Heon-Kyun Coronavirus plunged the world into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Many governments are trying to revitalise

The story of the growth of Britain’s sugar trade can tell us a lot about the development of capitalism and the slave trade

It doesn’t matter how smooth your conversations have been. Absent the touch, taste and smell of a potential partner, you’re essentially flying blind

A unique challenge is emerging in the search for a Covid-19 vaccine: how to balance intellectual property rights with serving the public good

  Coronavirus provides a chance to re-assess our values

  here’s how the government can aid recovery

Over 30 countries today are making people wear masks in public, despite serious doubts from scientists.