Pandemic

This government's failure of leadership during the pandemic is the result of the Coalition's indifference to its citizens' lives and health. (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas) Though you never see it in the movies, London in 1940 was in political uproar. The repeated failures of leadership, imminence of invasion, housing shortages from…

Experts have long predicted that the pandemic will end with a whimper, not a bang. That is, COVID-19 won’t so much disappear as fade into the background, becoming like the many other common pathogens that sicken people, but also can be controlled with vaccines and drugs. “This can become a…

Minouche Shafik has spent a career straddling the worlds of government, central banking and academia. She has held senior positions in the World Bank, the U.K. government, and the International Monetary Fund, and is now director of the London School of Economics. Having spent a lifetime studying what makes economies…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and his Homeland Security and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response teams on how the pandemic is impacting hurricane preparedness, in the State Din WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday will meet…

Synopsis Rising coronavirus cases across the United States and other countries fuelled fears of a pandemic resurgence, sending shockwaves through stock markets as the highly contagious Delta variant appeared to be taking hold.AgenciesContrasting factors are at play in the gold market. On one hand, the delta variant of Covid is…

As the pandemic drags on — keeping millions of Americans teleworking, and countless students studying remotely — the tense dynamics once confined to the office have infiltrated people's houses and apartments. Why it matters: Families are haggling over who gets prime workspace. Should it be the biggest breadwinner? In many…

Topline Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Monday proposed longshot bills aimed at banning mask and vaccine mandates – the national component of a GOP push in statehouses across the country to block the return of pandemic-era restrictions despite a renewed surge of coronavirus cases. Sen. Ted Cruz…

Tokyo's 2020 Olympics were unlike any other, starting with last year's historic postponement that upturned years of planning for athletes.Behind the cheering, there is a looming sense of crisis over the sharp rise in virus cases during the Games.The issue could weigh on Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's political future.Tokyo awoke…

As vaccination rates lag and the new delta variant surges, Covid infection rates among kids have risen and children’s hospitals are seeing a spike in medical care needs among the young patients. The Covid surge is also stacking upon an unseasonable spike in respiratory illnesses among children typically seen only…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran, grappling with its most severe surge of the coronavirus to date, reported more new infections and deaths across the country on Sunday than any other single day since the pandemic began. FILE - In this June 25, 2021 file photo, released by the official website…