Health and Wellbeing – Page 2

Why large-scale anti-body testing could lower contagion of COVID-19

Mar 11, 2021

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Dr Luis Guimaraes highlights how largescale antibody testing is vital in the fight against COVID and could lead to an increase in social interaction.

A ‘super-wicked’ policy problem: the cross-border challenges of responding to COVID-19

Mar 3, 2021

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Professor Muiris MacCarthaigh

in Health and Wellbeing

Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh, Northern Ireland project lead for the recently-formed International Public Policy Observatory, looks at why taking a trans-national approach to pandemic responses has proved so difficult – for the island of Ireland as elsewhere.

COVID-19 and the Laws of Death and Burial – New Podcast

Feb 18, 2021

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qpol

in Health and Wellbeing

In this episode of LawPod, PhD candidate Paula Shilliday talks to Professor Heather Conway about the intersections between the COVID-19 pandemic and the laws of death and burial.

Coronavirus variants: are they really more deadly? Here’s what scientists know so far

Feb 9, 2021

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Dr David Courtney

in Health and Wellbeing

Dr David Courtney asks whether the new variants of COVID-19 are more lethal or more transmissible than the original virus.

Coronavirus might become endemic – here’s how

Feb 9, 2021

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QPol at Queen’s

in Health and Wellbeing

Dr Grace C Roberts looks at whether the virus that causes the coronavirus will eventually become part of everyday life.

One year since we first reported on this coronavirus

Jan 25, 2021

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Dr Connor Bamford

in Health and Wellbeing

Dr Connor Bamford looks at what we have learned since the outbreak of COVID-19 last year and what we still need to learn.

A Roadmap to Recovery: Proposing a Forward-Thinking Commitment for Northern Ireland post Covid-19: Policy Paper

Jan 20, 2021

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Dr Ciaran O’Kelly

in Health and Wellbeing

A more holistic approach to post-Covid recovery can help future-proof the economy and ensure that recovery champions a better society says Dr Ciaran O’Kelly, Dr Ciara Hackett, Dr Clare Patton and Samantha Hopkins from Queen’s School of Law.

Self-disinfecting surfaces could help protect us from COVID-19 – here’s how

Dec 19, 2020

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Dr Louise Carson

in Health and Wellbeing

Dr Louise Carson, Professor Colin McCoy and Dr Jessica Moore look at the role of photosensitisers in developing self-disinfecting surfaces in the fight against the pandemic.