Pandemic

An estimated 60,000 NHS workers are believed to be living with post-traumatic stress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research. NHS Charities Together also found nine in 10 workers (90%) say it will take them years to recover. Meanwhile, nearly three-quarters (73%) have expressed concerns about…

HONG KONG — North Korea is raising its anti-epidemic measures to the maximum level, state media reported Thursday, as it confirmed its first coronavirus infection after claiming to be virus-free since the start of the pandemic.  Tests of samples collected on Sunday from an unspecified number of people with fevers…

Every time China’s COVID-19 case count surges, the country’s medical workers are the first into the breach. In the two months since cases started spiking in Shanghai, more than 50,000 doctors and nurses from the city and across China have been mobilized to help. They’ve worked day and night to…

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare innovation has been occurring at an unprecedented rate. A growing focus on technology -- and the ways it can help improve patient care and the provider experience -- is now at the forefront, and many organizations are reexamining how they can implement…

Homicides involving firearms during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic reached the highest rates the country has seen in more than a quarter century, according to new CDC data. From 2019 to 2020, gun-related homicides increased from 14,392 to 19,350, representing a 35% increase (4.6 to 6.1 per 100,000…

Screenvision can count its lucky stars that the latest entrant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — scored $185 million over the weekend in North American box office receipts. The in-cinema advertising and content company hosts its first annual in-person upfront presentation tonight,…

Photo: True Touch Lifestyle (Shutterstock) If you have parented children—especially young ones—during the past two years of the pandemic, you are likely feeling, shall we say, tired. All parents have felt the enormous stress of trying to raise decent, well-adjusted humans while fear and isolation skyrocketed, the structures and resources…

Photo: ImYanis (Shutterstock) The amount of Americans flying has finally returned back to its pre-pandemic numbers, which means that on any given day, there are nearly two million people in the sky mindlessly scrolling through whatever apps still work on airplane mode. A handful of airlines are doing their part…

In the garb of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the Shanghai lockdown to implement the most draconian of its surveillance and authoritarian systems, the kinds of which were only seen in far-off provinces like Xinjiang till now. Since April, the 25 million residents of…

95% Awesome The upbeat summer EP we all needed! One of the greatest products of the rise of TikTok during the pandemic is the increase of songwriters and artists to be able to promote their music and hack the algorithm to gain following. One of the greatest successes of this…