By Shüné Oliver, Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Jaishree Raman, Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
While the emergence of colourful butterflies is a welcome sign of summer, the constant buzzing of mosquitoes is an annoying part of the season.
Mosquitoes are more than just pests. They are the world’s most dangerous animal. Their presence signals the start of the malaria season in southern Africa.
It is for this reason that the Southern African Development Community recognises the first week of November as SADC Malaria Week, with 6 November as SADC Malaria Day.
During this week the dangers…
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By Alexandra Sherlock, Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
Through her choice of sneakers, Kamala Harris signals a new era in female political leadership and demonstrates how footwear choices can shape a leader’s identity and ability to connect with voters.
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By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
The roles of health professionals such as nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists have been frozen for decades. A new review shows how this can change.
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By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Trump’s team is already laying the groundwork to weaponise delays in vote counting (and recounting) – though these are completely normal and part of the electoral process.
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By Kevin Quigley, Scholarly Director of the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance, Dalhousie University
Should Trump be re-elected, the CDC will likely exist on a smaller budget with a reduced role internationally. Lessons from COVID-19 show this will increase Canadian vulnerabilities.
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By Jose Valentino Ruiz, Associate Professsor of Music Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Florida
On the sleeve notes of some of the most memorable and best-selling albums of all time, you’ll find the words “Produced and arranged by Quincy Jones.”
It was a hallmark of quality.
Jones, who died on Nov. 3, 2024, at the age of 91, transformed our understanding of musical arrangement. His work spanned decades and genres, from jazz and pop to hip-hop and film scoring. He worked with pop icons like Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, and also collaborated…
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By Frank Deer, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
The report focuses on unaccounted missing children, unmarked grave sites, and the roles of government and churches in the Indian Residential School genocide.
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By Leigh Carriage, Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
The legendary composer, musical arranger and producer Quincy Jones has died at 91.
Over his long career, Jones arranged and produced for a broad range of genres. His work blended the traditions of jazz, popular, world music and Western classical music.
This was perhaps most present in his 1989 album Back on the Block. It features jazz improvisation, Zulu language, gospel and rapping. The album won seven Grammy Awards, including album of the year.
But even more than his own albums, Jones will be familiar to listeners across decades of popular music, for his work…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Iwao Hakamata waves to supporters while meeting with his sister Hideko, several weeks after his acquittal on retrial for the 1966 murder of a family of four, in Shizuoka, Japan, October 14, 2024. © 2024 Kyodo via AP Photo Next week, Japan’s national legislature, the Diet, is scheduled to convene its first session after the general elections on October 27. The new Diet should open an inquiry into the country’s troubled criminal justice system.On October 9, Japan’s Public Prosecutors Office waived its right to appeal the acquittal after the retrial of 88-year-old Iwao…
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By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University
In the rich visual landscape of the 2024 presidential election, here are three images likely to last the test of time.
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