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The coronavirus death toll has just reached a grim milestone. Now, sadly, a million people have died of COVID-19. We published our first piece on the new virus on January 13, when it was merely a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. The world has changed a lot since then – and we have done our best to bring you the latest news and opinion on the pandemic: 3,500 articles and counting.
Nine months later, one thing is clear: most of the big questions about the coronavirus are yet to be answered. But what are these key questions? We asked seven experts from a diverse range of fields, from epidemiology to health psychology, to tell us what they want to know most of all.
There’s a lot of false information about coronavirus on the internet, and new research shows that grandmothers are often the ones spreading it on social media.
Following the tragic fire at the refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, the EU has drawn up a migration pact with member states. It’s a practical, but not heartwarming document.
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Clint Witchalls
Health + Medicine Editor (UK edition)
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Sarah L Caddy, University of Cambridge; Anne Moore, University College Cork; Connor Bamford, Queen's University Belfast; David Hunter, University of Oxford; Derek Gatherer, Lancaster University; Robert West, UCL; Susan Michie, UCL
An unprecedented level of research has gone into understanding the novel coronavirus. Here's what we still don't know.
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Outraged: from far-right memes to Qanon conspiracies.
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Sue Greenwood, York St John University
One meme can lead to another – and then to a conspiracy theory.
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Asylum seekers carry their belongings, Lesbos, Greece, September 11 2020.
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Romit Bhandari, Coventry University
The pact is largely characterised by the continuation of older ideas, despite the change in tone.
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Politics + Society
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Prudence Flowers, Flinders University
A more conservative court could choose cases that incrementally erode abortion rights, or they could push for reconsideration of the constitutional issues at the very heart of Roe v. Wade.
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Environment + Energy
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Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, United Nations University; Celia McMichael, University of Melbourne; Ilan Kelman, UCL; Shouro Dasgupta, Università Ca'Foscari
Rising sea levels may trap more people than are displaced.
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Cities
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Johannes Lenhard, University of Cambridge; Eana X. Meng, University of Cambridge; Gemma Burgess, University of Cambridge; Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, University of Cambridge; Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, University of Cambridge
We monitored the progress of a modular housing project for people experiencing homelessness in Cambridge, UK.
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Arts + Culture
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Alexandros Skandalis, Lancaster University
Live music venues must be helped to survive the COVID-19 era.
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Health + Medicine
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Lesley Palmer, University of Stirling
Architects need to learn to see dementia not as a disease but as a disability, and shift the design focus to spaces that can help maintain the everyday functions of people with the condition.
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Matthew Gittins, University of Manchester; Christopher Ashton, Manchester Metropolitan University; Craig Smith, University of Manchester
Fewer patients attended hospital with mild strokes during the spring, but the reasons behind this are a mystery.
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Mark Llewellyn, University of South Wales; Alecia Cousins, Swansea University; Philip Tyson, University of South Wales
A sense of purpose and a social bond on the pitch.
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Amy Brown, Swansea University
Here are four thoughts and feelings it's common to have when you have a new baby.
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