For public health leaders, understanding different communication styles and preferences — and how people respond to them — is key to reducing the spread of the coronavirus. Humans often don’t behave logically. Their decisions don’t always follow the evidence. Those are among the ideas that Gaurav Suri considers in his work studying decision-making and motivation. […] Read more
You are what you eat, experts say, and that includes foods that will help your body fight off infectious diseases this winter. (Think colds, flu and Covid-19.) “What we eat is very important in terms of how our immune system responds to pathogens and how well it can defend itself against a pathogen,” said Dr. […] Read more
Downtowns are deserted and happy hour is history as a second coronavirus wave hits cities from London to Kuala Lumpur, leaving futurologists predicting which changes to urban living are here to stay in a post-viral world. Looking back in history, epidemics breed overhaul and innovation, with city sewage systems, public transit and housing regulations all […] Read more
Joint statement by ILO, FAO, IFAD and WHO The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating: tens of millions of people are at risk […] Read more
