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Number of people in UK out of work due to ill health growing by 300,000 a year

Data dashes hopes that effects of pandemic would subside and labour market would return to pre-Covid state

The Guardian - UK

How can we improve public health communication for the next pandemic? Tackling distrust and misinformation is key

There’s a common thread linking our experience of pandemics over the past 700 years. From the black death in the 14th century to COVID in the 21st, public health authorities have put emergency measures such as isolation and quarantine in place to stop infectious diseases spreading.

The Conversation

Return-to-office mandates may not be the solution to downtown struggles that Canadian cities are banking on

In recent months, many Canadian employers in both the public and private sectors have implemented return-to-office mandates, requiring workers that transitioned to remote or hybrid work during the COVID-19 pandemic to work in-person again.

The Conversation

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How Covid-19 restrictions really impacted older people’s health across Europe

The Covid-19 pandemic brought a fair deal of stress to everyone, but especially older people worldwide. Between December 2019 and March 2020, 32% of those infected were hospitalised, 2.4% developed acute illness requiring ventilation, and 1.5% – more than 50,000 people – died.

The Conversation

Election 2024 Childcare Debate: Harris-Walz vs. Trump-Vance Plans

As Election Day approaches, the Republican and Democratic tickets present different ideas for childcare and family tax credits. Here's what to know.

Kiplinger

Biden Says Dockworkers Deserve 'Fair Wage' In First Reaction To Strike

Some ocean carriers saw their profits skyrocket more than 800% after the COVID-19 pandemic compared to what they made before, the president said.

International Business Times

Early Voting Numbers Expected To Drop Compared To 2020

Early voting for the upcoming election shows lower numbers compared to 2020, reflecting changing voter behavior amidst improved pandemic conditions.

Top News

UTVs See Sales Rebound, Two-Year Downturn Gets Righted

UTVs, which exploded during the height of the pandemic, suffered a little for the last two years. Now they're rebounding.

RideApart

A battered child care industry’s latest challenge? Competing for 4-year-olds.

A 2019 state law requiring schools to offer full-day pre-K is capturing child care’s most profitable customer base: 3- and 4-year-olds.

The Texas Tribune

Brazilians Choke As Fire Smoke Blankets 80% Of Country

With as much as 80 percent of Brazil under a blanket of smoke from historic wild fires, face masks last used during the coronavirus pandemic are coming out again.

International Business Times

Are digital tools a way for companies to retain hourly workers?

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resetting of the economy that followed it made hourly workers more aware of their value

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris is closing in on the perfect economic message—but the left’s price-gouging exaggerations could undermine it

Harris, unlike some of her supporters, does not assert that universal market failure driven by excessive profit-taking is the cause of inflation.

Fortune

Marburg virus in circulation, deaths reported: Can it start another pandemic? Read here

Marburg virus disease is spreading in Rwanda and has claimed 6 lives so far. Rwanda's Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, revealed that the victims and most of the infected are healthcare workers.

The Times of India

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The Conversation

How do economists judge Australia’s response to the COVID pandemic?

It was only a matter of time before someone wrote a book about Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I was expecting it to come from an eminent epidemiologist or public health expert, but it has been written by two economists. As an epidemiologist who covered the pandemic closely for…

Top News

Los Angeles Independent Theaters Experience Renaissance Amid Pandemic

Discover the resurgence of independent theaters in Los Angeles driven by film enthusiasts and historic venues, shaping a unique cinematic experience.

International Business Times

Herbert Kickl: Sharp-tongued Leader Of Austria's Far Right

Austria's far-right leader Herbert Kickl does not exactly cut a dashing figure but he has skilfully tapped into voter anxieties over migration, the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic.

AAP

Calls to fast-track Australian disease control centre

Australian health organisations say federal politicians are dragging their feet on establishing a permanent centre for disease control.

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The Independent UK

As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audience

In a time when streaming and a pandemic have radically transformed cinema consumption over the past decade, a growing number of mostly younger people are contributing to a renaissance of the Los Angeles independent movie theater scene

Dynamite News

Delhi CM announces Rs 1 crores ex-gratia to families of Covid warriors

Delhi government has announced an ex-gratia Rs 1 crore to the families of each of the five Corona warriors who died during the COVID-19, the CM office said on Saturday? Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - AU

‘People are dying’: rise of nitazenes should be treated as pandemic, injecting centre head says

Exclusive: Dr Marianne Jauncey says NSW government must make ‘hard decisions’ to combat growing threat of synthetic opioids

Evening Standard

Lego dinosaur company 'to avoid extinction' despite administration

Revenues for the years ended 2018 and 2019 totalled £4.2 million and £5.4 million but fell sharply during the pandemic

The Conversation

What pathogen might spark the next pandemic? How scientists are preparing for ‘disease X’

Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research was still needed to improve their surveillance and diagnosis. In 2018, “disease X” was included, which signified that a…

The Guardian - UK

Future pandemic as big as Covid is inevitable, says Whitty

England’s chief medical officer also tells inquiry that UK’s low level of intensive care provision is a political decision

The Conversation

How the cost of living crisis and games industry turmoil could hurt Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro release

In late November 2020, I was one of those people standing in line – or rather, refreshing my browser – hoping to snag a PlayStation 5 during a restock. The pandemic was in full swing, and with most of the world locked indoors, there weren’t many better things to do.…

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