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The consensus is that Malawi has pulled off a major democratic success with a presidential election rerun that saw Lazarus Chakwera emerge the winner. Adem K Abebe argues that the entire process has indeed been remarkable. But, he warns, the success of the country’s democratic dispensation will be measured on the extent to which it delivers public goods - opportunities, development and accountability - for the people.
Meanwhile, in the US, experts often cite factors like poverty, poor diet and stress for the disproportionately high rates at which Black Americans are dying from COVID-19. But as IUPUI scholars, Tamika Zapolski and Ukamaka Oruche explain, the US health care system itself shares the blame as African Americans face bias from providers. They experience longer wait times for appointments than white people and tend to lack clinics in their own
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Thabo Leshilo
Politics + Society
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Lazarus Chakwera, the new president of Malawi.
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Adem K Abebe, University of Pretoria
The success of Malawi’s democratic dispensation will be measured on the extent to which it delivers public goods – opportunities, development, accountability – for the people.
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Mortality rates for COVID-19 are two to three times higher for African Americans than whites.
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Tamika C.B. Zapolski, IUPUI; Ukamaka M. Oruche, IUPUI
COVID-19 has again demonstrated the health inequities that exist between African Americans and whites.
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Health + Medicine
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Shukri F. Mohamed, African Population and Health Research Center
Most facilities prioritize COVID-19 cases. In addition, curfews are still in effect in Kenya, which affects the working hours of clinics providing hypertension care services.
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Tamara Hew-Butler, Wayne State University; Phillip D. Levy, Wayne State University
Our experts offer safer ways to bring back amateur sports.
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Environment + Energy
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Kyle Clem, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Over the past 30 years, the South Pole has been one of the fastest changing places on Earth, warming more than three times quicker than the rest of the world.
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Laura Revell, University of Canterbury
If we had not altered the composition of the atmosphere at all through emitting greenhouse gases, particulate matter and ozone-destroying chemicals, the average temperature would have remained stable.
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COVID-19
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Nevan Krogan, University of California, San Francisco
Kinases are cellular control switches. When they malfunction, they can cause cancer. The coronavirus hijacks these kinases to replicate, and cancer drugs that target them could fight COVID-19.
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Elizabeth McGraw, Pennsylvania State University
Epidemiological data suggests that 80% of COVID-19 cases can be traced to just 20% of those infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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En Français
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Claude Patriat, Auteurs fondateurs The Conversation France
L’abstention record et les bons scores écologistes s’expliquent aussi par le contexte très singulier du second tour des municipales.
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Sylvain Wagnon, Université de Montpellier
Depuis la fin du confinement se multiplient les appels en faveur d’une école organisée en extérieur. Ce mouvement remet à l’honneur un courant pédagogique international déjà ancien. Explications.
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En español
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Jorge Laborda Fernández, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Los abuelos pudieron ser quienes permitieron el moderno desarrollo y evolución del ser humano.
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Jaume Sureda Negre, Universitat de les Illes Balears; Rubén Comas Forgas, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Las plataformas de venta de trabajos académicos, facilitadoras del fraude en la elaboración de dichos trabajos, apuestan de forma decidida por el marketing 'online' para captar clientes.
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