Pandemic

A third of spiking victims who report attacks to police are now men while the total number of cases recorded has quadrupled since 2020, data has shown. The proportion of reported spiking offences where the victim was male has risen steadily since 2021, from around 23 per cent to a…

WASHINGTON – Lawyers for Anthony Fauci have launched a legal defence fund for the former top US infectious disease expert, saying that the need to respond to a growing number of state and federal investigations related to his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic will require substantial resources. In January 2025, then…

TV personality Kelly Ripa has laid bare a very intimate detail about the time she spent filming her hit show from home during the pandemic—admitting to "Live with Kelly and Mark" viewers that she would routinely tape footage without any pants on. The 55-year-old on-air host admitted that she got…

Ridley Scott is heading back into the world of science fiction — but his latest film is not another alien invasion, robot uprising or zombie apocalypse. Instead, “The Dog Stars” imagines a world devastated by a pandemic, where survival is difficult but hope, human connection and the willingness to love…

Africa’s worsening Ebola outbreak is showing several characteristics that could warrant its escalation to a pandemic-emergency status, as the fatality rate has climbed above 46% and health systems in affected areas come under increasing pressure. The post Ebola outbreak worsens as fatality rate tops 46%, nears pandemic level appeared first…

Thursday 20 August 2026 4:25 pm  |   Updated:  Thursday 20 August 2026 4:26 pm For most, the City of London is defined by the rhythm of the working week. Offices fill from Monday to Friday, and the streets fall quiet at the weekend.  But since the pandemic that pace has…

This year, BellaNaija clocks 20 years, and if there’s one thing we’ve come to realise over the years, it’s that nothing can stop love… not even a pandemic. ❤️ In the midst of the uncertainty and difficult days of 2020, love still found a way to shine through, put smiles…

— David Morens, MD, admitted to trying to hide records related to the COVID pandemic August 19, 2026 • 3 min read David Morens, MD, a former top advisor at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), pled guilty Tuesday in federal court to hiding government communications related…

A former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to ​grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic. David Morens, who had worked under Fauci ‌as a senior official at the National Institute of Allergy and…

Updated : , ,   GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former senior adviser to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting to conceal federal records related to research on the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. David Morens is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 12…