Pandemic

The nation’s kids were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic. There were school shootings in 46 out of the 52 weeks of 2019. According to the America’s State of Mind Report, the number of kids between the ages of 13-19 taking antidepressants between 2015-2019 rose a staggering 38 percent. And…

“Grievances and conspiracy theories related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to drive ideologically motivated violent extremist narratives in Canada and justifications for political violence." Publishing date: Sep 20, 2022  •  8 hours ago  •  2 minute read  •  40 Comments CSIS documents cite grievances over COVID-19 as driving extremist narratives in…

An expert advisor to the government on the pandemic, Yuen Kwok-yung, says Covid-19 has become endemic and the authorities should start relaxing restrictions to let life return to normal. The top microbiologist made the remarks in an article he penned with his colleagues from the University of Hong Kong published…

Dr Kearns noted that, while the 225 basis point increase in the official cash rate since May had reduced the maximum home loan size by 20 per cent, the impact on prices was limited due to just 10 per cent of borrowers seeking to max out their property debt. He…

President Joseph Biden on Sunday declared the COVID-19 pandemic over. Pool Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI | License Photo Sept. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has declared the COVID-19 pandemic over though he admitted the virus still poses a problem for the United States. Biden made the declaration in…

Synopsis Abhishek Awasthi and Ankita Goswami got married in 2018. However, following the financial crisis due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdown, things started falling apart. The two have been living separately for the past one and a half years.AgenciesIndian actor and former reality television performer Abhishek Awasthi has confirmed…

Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. (UPDATE) THE Department of Health (DoH) agreed with the observation of the World Health Organization (WHO) that the end of the Covid-19 pandemic is "in sight," but added that the country must be prepared to transition to the endemic stage. WHO Director-General…

Former Telstra boss David Thodey will lead a review of MyGov, the federal services online platform that crashed in the early days of the pandemic, sending thousands into Centrelink queues. MyGov, which receives about 1 million sign-ins daily, connects Australians to agency sites that issue everything from online tax returns…

It’s official: businesses’ poorly targeted and overly frequent communications are turning off customers. According to recent Podium research, Australians’ tolerance for uncomfortable communication is declining in the aftermath of the pandemic. The Business-to-Customer Communications Report reveals that convenience trumps cost, with over half of Aussies willing to pay more for convenient communication…

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration approved an updated Covid vaccine that specifically targets the dominant BA.5 subvariant. A few days later, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) reviewed and recommended these vaccines as boosters (from Pfizer-BioNTech for people ages 12 years and older, and from Moderna for…