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Three ways to improve the uptake of COVID vaccines by ethnic minority groups in the UK
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Mourning after mass shootings isn’t enough – a sociologist argues that society’s messages about masculinity need to change
People attend a vigil for the victims of a school shooting that occurred in Oxford, Michigan, on Nov. 30, 2021.
COVID-19 vaccine inequity allowed Omicron to emerge
While people in the wealthy West have had preferred access to multiple rounds of vaccines, vast numbers of people, especially