Pandemic

President Biden’s declaration last week that the “pandemic is over” kicked off a flurry of debate over whether that’s actually true. As an epidemiologist and former city health director, I have opinions. Pandemics are kind of like hurricanes. A lull could mean we’re at the end of the hurricane—or we…

Washington, DC, 28 September 2022 (PAHO) - Health authorities of the Region of the Americas agreed today to take a series of actions to expand and strengthen genomic surveillance of pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential in the Region. The Strategy on Regional Genomic Surveillance for Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness…

Over the past year, as people stopped making appointments with health care providers to check for COVID and shifted to taking home tests instead, health officials lost their tight grip on case tallies. And in turn, it became tougher to spot a new viral variant or wave of the pandemic.…

Starr Davis was smitten when she met a handsome stranger with flawless skin and a wide smile during a brief trip to Houston in March 2020. He was charming and persistent; she gave him her phone number and they started talking. Their whirlwind romance took a major turn when she…

About three per cent of family doctors across the province – 385 doctors – stopped practising between March and September 2020, according to a study led by Unity Health Toronto that was published Monday in Annals of Family Medicine TORONTO — Ontario family doctors left the profession at the start…

Wayne Lloyd is facing into his third difficult winter with his eponymous hair salons. Mr Lloyd runs his salon chain in Munster and managed to survive the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns but now he must navigate new economic headwinds including staff shortages and high energy bills. “We lost staff because…

Solving family problems in the most excellent way The Covid-19 pandemic did not spare anyone, in the Philippines or anywhere else in the world. Businesses big or small, tourist destinations, even the small sari-sari store, did not escape the wrath of the deadly virus. Moreso families like the Ekselente family.…

By SHEJI HALIMA SEOUL- Cancer remained South Korea’s top cause of death in 2021 in spite of the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, statistical office data showed on Tuesday. Cancer caused 161.1 deaths per 100,000 people here in 2021, up 0.6 per cent from the previous year, according to…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Apple Inc. will make its iPhone 14 in India, the company said on Monday, as manufacturers shift production from China amid geopolitical tensions and pandemic restrictions that have disrupted supply chains for many industries. “The new iPhone 14 lineup introduces groundbreaking new technologies and important safety…

Kevin Gallagher of Boston University’s Global Development Policy Centre warned that “only so many countries” could receive IMF support without “snapping the IMF balance sheet”. Mr Gallagher is co-author of a report this week warning that 55 of the world’s poorest countries face debt repayments of $US436 billion between 2022…