Pandemic

Football might have been at a standstill 2 years ago during the global pandemic, but that didn’t get in the way of an unknown 17-year-old taking the Belgian League by storm, who was linked with powerhouses across Europe. The country from which the latest wonderkid hails from this time is…

•Union Bank chair urges establishment of smart rural banks The global economic headwinds occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia could have destabilised the Nigerian financial sector but for the ingenuity of the sector’s regulators, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Speaking yesterday in Abuja at…

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 1 locally transmitted COVID-19 case and 0 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Wednesday, September 14. The case, who lives in Minhang, is a student from another province who had come to Shanghai to study, and tested positive during central quarantine. Typhoon Muifa means…

There are some conspiracy theories that defy traditional ideological classification, and the anti-fluoride theories are among the oldest that still have currency. Though it is well-established that fluoridated water supplies improve dental hygiene, and that communities with fluoridated water are healthier in this regard, fluoride-phobia still runs rampant.  Disgraced right-wing…

Data: Axios/Ipsos poll; Chart:Simran Parwani/Axios Two and a half years into the pandemic, Americans say they’re doing well in most aspects of their lives — except possibly their personal finances, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index. Why it matters: Many of us appear ready to roll…

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 0 locally transmitted COVID-19 case and 3 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Monday, September 12. All three cases tested positive during central quarantine. They were all close contacts of an asymptomatic case reported on Wednesday, September 7, an 11-year-old girl from outside the city who…

Teams compete in the 10th Annual Windsor Corporate Challenge at the Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star The Windsor Corporate Challenge returned for an action-packed in-person event in LaSalle this weekend. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but…

The number of young adults who received mental health care surged during the height of the pandemic, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Roughly 23% of people between the ages of 18 and 44 got mental health treatment in 2021, up from…

King Charles III, Britain's new monarch who ascended to the throne on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, has a strong connection with India and its age-old traditions of Yoga and Ayurveda. The 73-year-old King, who has made several visits to India as the Prince of Wales over…

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 0 locally transmitted COVID-19 case and 2 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Friday, September 9. Both cases were returnees to Shanghai, and tested positive during central quarantine. National travel policy updated... Got travel plans between September 10 and October 31? Chances are you…