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Confused about COVID boosters? Here’s what the science and the experts say about the new generation of shots.
The Centre's Deputy Director Jennifer Dowd and four other experts explain how the updated boosters are different, how long immunity lasts and how well the shots work against new variants.
External factors, including homicide, drive death rate disparity in US black-white young adults
Preventable causes of death are driving early-life disparities in black and white young adults in the United States, according to a new study led by Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, published in the prestigious journal Demography.
Life expectancy improves in some countries after big drops in 2020 – but US and others see further falls
In this Conversation piece Professor Jennifer Dowd, José Manuel Aburto, and Professor Ridhi Kashyap explore the findings of their recent study into Life expectancy changes since COVID-19.