Pandemic

HAPPY ISLAND For the first time in more than two years, the Abaca Festival was held on the streets of Catanduanes to celebrate the ingenuity of abaca farmers and the rich culture of the island province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. LEGAZPI CITY: Showcasing the…

The pandemic has seen a surge of interest in hiking among Irish people, the CSO has concluded.  According to a survey by the organisation, 55% of Irish people had begun to spend more time outside because of COVID-19 and one in three had taken up an outdoor activity.  Of those…

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Businessmen wearing protective face masks walk on a pedestrian bridge, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in a business district in Tokyo, Japan June 24, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comQ1 capex +3.0% y/y, seasonally adjusted +0.3% qtr/qtrManufacturers' capex +5.9% yr/yr, service…

After spending over a year attempting to implicate overwhelmingly safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in as many deaths and injuries as possible, you’d think pandemic truthers would be running low on novel fearmongering narratives to peddle. But earlier this month, influencers in this space identified a totally new and unexpected…

Taking place on July 5, our Mind and Mood Interactive Broadcast Summit will span the latest developements covering stress, sleeep, anxiety and the broader cognitive health category. Registration is free, and open now. ​ The event will feature a combination of exclusive conversations, presenatations and a live panel debate where you…

When a medical worker couple were enlisted in the fight against the pandemic, they had to leave their 12-year-old son Youyou alone at home, until their neighbors, learning of the boy’s plight, helped him with daily meals for 40 consecutive days. Many medics faced a similar situation, having to work…

World Health Organisation pandemic chief Sylvie Briand said the current monkeypox outbreak could be the "peak of the iceberg" as non-endemic countries report cases Video Loading Video Unavailable Monkeypox: Government 'keeping an eye' says Boris Johnson The monkeypox outbreak could be the "peak of the iceberg" as 257 cases have…

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans were beginning to wonder if "Stranger Things" would ever return to Netflix after a lengthy delay in filming. After an epic postcredits scene at the end of season three where we got a glimpse of a Russian facility that managed to obtain a Demogorgon,…

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater surveillance and analysis became a key tool in monitoring and measuring the amount of virus in communities. But some experts caution that the data collected from these studies could also lead to privacy concerns, especially because samples are often gathered from public sources without individual…