Pandemic

(Reuters) - As U.S. law firms continue to navigate the pandemic-era shift to remote and hybrid work, Davis Wright Tremaine has moved to a new space in San Francisco that cuts its footprint in the city by 40%, the firm said on Thursday. Davis Wright said the new office will…

Health-care workers in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto on Jan. 25.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press The pandemic has changed how nurses work in Canada, with fewer willing to take jobs in long-term care homes and more decamping for private staffing agencies, according to a new…

Micron Technology is making deeper production cuts for 2023 over concerns that the economy is getting worse, continuing a significant reversal from the high demand that made chip shortages the norm during the first two years of the COVID pandemic. The American chip manufacturer said on Wednesday that it's reducing…

NHS England also intends to eliminate waits of more than a year and return to pre-pandemic levels of patients who have to wait more than 62 days for an urgent cancer referral NHS England intends to eliminate waits of more than a year (Image: PA Archive/PA Images) Tory plans to…

MONTREAL — The COVID-19 pandemic and the health measures brought in to limit it caused widespread collateral impacts that disproportionately harmed the most vulnerable, Montreal's public health director said Tuesday.  Mylène Drouin presented a report on the city's COVID-19 management that includes 11 recommendations to help it respond to future…

The wide range in socio-economic profiles meant that many neighbourhoods and citizens were more adversely affected by COVID-19. Montreal’s public health director, Mylène Drouin, has been at odds with some of the mandates coming from Quebec’s public health department, in particular when the province decided it would impose a second…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Academics from the Griffith Asia Institute (GAI) collaborated with researchers from the Indo-Pacific to examine the risks related to economic hardship and food insecurity that women in the region experienced during the first and second years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian Center for International Agricultural…

Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. By Laura Osman and Nojoud Al MalleesThe Canadian Press Mon., Nov. 14, 2022timer3 min. read OTTAWA - It’s time for Canadians to find out how…

The skyrocketing number of vehicle thefts that began during the pandemic show no signs of slowing.By Kevin DonovanChief Investigative Reporter Mon., Nov. 14, 2022timer4 min. read Do you drive a Honda CR-V, Lexus RX or a Ford F-150 pickup truck? Better look out the window and make sure it’s still…

A top-level overhaul at Fosun Group’s tourism unit leads this week’s collection of personnel moves from around the region, as the struggling company works to rebuild after the pandemic punished many of its businesses and with its parent company struggling for solvency. M&G Real Estate also makes the list with…