There are many similarities between Spanish flu and coronavirus, from school closures to mask debates. The story of 1919 also shows governments face choices that can have a terrible cost in lives.
The decision to authorise a WHO investigation into the origins of the coronavirus is only a partial vindication for nations keen to hold China to account. But it will help strengthen global health measures.
Research Professor Alison Bashford is talking about history and pandemics along with other historians and academics in an article published by the Los Angeles Review of Books.
The government’s new income support could be strengthened by extending support to migrants, families with children, private tenants, and people on pension payments, says UNSW expert.
A conversation between Harvard Law School’s first deafblind graduate and the world’s first blind newsreader covers everything from advocacy to finding friends and dancing.
Senior Lecturer in International Relations William Clapton discusses the impact of COVID-19 and the current Trump administration on the global political stage.
A group of UNSW Arts & Social Sciences students have attended a three-week intensive course at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in India as part of the New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant Scholarship.
From Russia, Poland and Hungary to Brazil and, to a lesser extent, the US and Australia, UNSW’s Dr Carolien van Ham is noticing some worrying new political trends.
Almost 37% of Australian workers do not have paid sick leave. We need to fix this if we want people not to turn up to work when sick during the coronavirus pandemic.
Carriageworks did everything right but was struggling even in regular conditions. Now the organisation's troubles are emblematic of an arts sector on the edge – but there might be a brighter future.
