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Brazil, Latin America’s largest country now has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world. This dire situation, as Alfredo Saad Filho argues, is partly due to Brazil’s social inequality - a quarter of the population live in poverty and have insufficient access to healthcare - and President Jair Bolsonaro’s inconsistent emergency response.
Meanwhile, in the global battle against coronavirus, scientists are exploiting a previously untapped arsenal: antibody drugs. As their name suggests, these medicines are derived from antibodies made by immune systems. Lara Marks explains that these drugs could not only help quell the inflammation caused by COVID-19, but also confer a degree of immunity among people at high risk of exposure.
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Rob Reddick
Commissioning Editor, COVID-19
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EPA-EFE
Alfredo Saad Filho, SOAS, University of London
Inequality, confused responses and a disbelieving leader have all contributed to a crisis that's showing no signs of slowing down.
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Julien Warnand/EPA
Lara Marks, University of Cambridge
Vaccines and antivirals aren't the only game in town.
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Politics + Society
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Elielson Pereira da Silva, Federal University of Pará; Diana Cordoba, Queen's University, Ontario
Jair Bolsonaro's government has put forward laws that could put Indigenous land into the hands of mining, agricultural and timber businesses.
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Melissa Wanjiru-Mwita, Université de Genève
In independent Kenya, road renaming happened to erase the names of the colonisers and to celebrate the new heroes: Kenya's political leaders and freedom fighters.
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Science + Technology
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Nicola F. Koyama, Liverpool John Moores University
Primates have evolved behavioural strategies that can minimise the risk and costs of conflict.
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Yangyang Xu, Texas A&M University ; Xiaohui Xu, Texas A&M University
In South Asia, days with both extreme heat and extreme pollution are expected to increase 175% by 2050. Separately, the health effects are bad; together they will likely be worse.
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COVID-19
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William Petri, University of Virginia
During the last six months, news reports have mentioned dozens of drugs that may be effective against the new coronavirus. Here we lay out the evidence and reveal which ones are proven to work. Or not.
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Muhammad Azizul Islam, University of Aberdeen
Coronavirus has revealed the extreme plight of Bangladeshi factory workers.
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En Français
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Stéphane Lemercier, Université de Montpellier
La police française doit se doter d’outils de régulation plus performants que ceux déjà existants. Comment et par qui est-elle contrôlée ? Qu’en est-il des polices étrangères ? Analyse.
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Robert Courtois, Université de Tours; Catherine Potard, Université d'Angers; Philippe Allain, Université d'Angers
Les violences sexuelles touchent environ 30 % de la population étudiante. Si l’on ne peut pas dresser de portrait type de leurs auteurs, certains facteurs favorisent les risques d’agressions.
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En español
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Elena Lázaro, Universidad de Córdoba
El vallisoletano Pío del Río Hortega fue una de las personas que más ha aportado al avance de la neurociencia. La autora contextualiza científica, social y políticamente su trabajo y su persona, poniendo el foco en su orientación sexual.
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Sonia Gómez-Jordana Ferary, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
A partir del refrán latino sobre la casa del vecino en llamas, surgió en la Edad Media esta versión ibérica y "barbuda". Se ha usado a lo largo de la historia como potente amenaza, y no ha perdido su fuerza.
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