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Unpacking the legal and ethical aspects of South Africa's COVID-19 track and trace app
Many countries around the world have launched digital contact tracing apps. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Dr Marietjie Botes, University of Pretoria…
‘Great day for humanity’: Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine over 90% effective
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective based on initial trial results, the…
Why COVID-era campaigns against wildmeat consumption aren’t working
A newly-hunted wild boar is taken back to a village in Borneo. Paul Hasan Thung, Author provided Paul Hasan Thung,…
COVID-19 drug and vaccine patents are putting profit before people
The TRIPS waiver enables WTO member states to manufacture and distribute COVID-19 drugs and medical supplies that would normally be…
COVID stress syndrome: 5 ways the pandemic is affecting mental health
The network of interconnected mental health symptoms associated with COVID-19 is best understood as a multi-faceted syndrome. (Pixabay/Canva) Gordon J.…
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