Health

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Education at risk

Prolonged school closings and unequal access to distance learning is causing increased student dropouts and learning-acquisition gaps

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Public health

Tuberculosis in prisons

Tuberculosis cases in the Latin American prison population increased by 269% between 2011 and 2017

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Funding

More money for science in the USA

US President Joe Biden presented the country’s 2022 budget in April

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Public administration

Crafting healthcare policy

Since the 1970s, researchers and other actors have worked to integrate government, science, and the economy in the health-industry complex

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Public health

An agenda for forgotten diseases

WHO launches road map to 2030 for preventing and eradicating neglected tropical diseases

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COVID-19

Complex choices

Bioethics committees have become increasingly important in solving dilemmas brought about by the pandemic, but few hospitals have them

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COVID-19

The evolution of a virus

Low vaccination rates and lack of control over SARS-CoV-2 circulation is increasing the likelihood that more transmissible and lethal variants will emerge

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COVID-19

High infant mortality in Sergipe

Despite having enough beds available in intensive care units (ICU) for adults, Sergipe has a 41% shortfall in pediatric beds

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COVID-19

Understand the long-term effects

The US NIH announced a plan to invest US$1.15 billion over the next four years into research on the long-term effects of COVID-19

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Funding

More funding for science in the UK

The British government has announced plans to create a new funding agency in the country, known as the Advanced Research and Invention Agency

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Covid-19

Poor performance

Brazil's response to the pandemic was considered the worst in the world by a survey released in January by the Lowy Institute, Australia

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Covid-19

Breathless emerging economies

Lack of public and private investment heightens the dependence of Brazil and South Africa on vaccines from other countries, unlike the other BRICS members

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Covid-19

Combat strategy

Research networks seeking to strengthen dialogue with the public authorities arise in response to the pandemic

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Coronavirus

Declining infections and hospitalizations

Israel is already benefitting from the effects of vaccination against COVID-19

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Covid-19

Concerning virus variations

In early 2021, information emerged on the rapid spread of new variants of SARS-CoV-2

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