The magic of touch: how deafblind people taught us to 'see' the world differently during COVID
A cultural collaboration with deafblind people led to the development of a high-tech device to help navigate their world post-lockdown
Oct. 10, 2022 • ~21 min
Set up reserve lab capacity now for faster response to next pandemic, say researchers
Researchers say a ‘human bottleneck’, due to historical cuts in public health funding, delayed the UK’s scale-up of COVID-19 testing in the early stages of the
Sept. 28, 2022 • ~5 min
'Men who have sex with men' originated during the HIV pandemic to focus on behavior rather than identity – but not everyone thinks the term helps
The term ‘MSM’ allows public health interventions to gloss over the social, political and cultural complexities of identity. But it’s not without its limitations.
Sept. 22, 2022 • ~7 min
Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views
President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the COVID-19 pandemic is over has led to a backlash among some experts who suggest the comment is premature – and counterproductive.
Sept. 21, 2022 • ~7 min
Assay determines the percentage of Omicron, other variants in Covid wastewater
Developed by the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, the assay can provide new details about the type of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in a community.
Aug. 25, 2022 • ~11 min
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