Pandemic

Published August 28, 2021 9:48pm A Commission on Audit (COA) official on Saturday posed a question to President Rodrigo Duterte about when is the right time to audit pandemic funds. Duterte earlier appealed to COA to give government agencies "elbow room" to comply with its recommendations,  after the commission revealed…

Duterte lifts casino ban on Boracay Philippine president opposes gambling but government needs revenue to pay for Covid fight published : 28 Aug 2021 at 18:45 An empty beach is seen before the temporary closure of the holiday island Boracay in the Philippines in 2018 in order to help its…

In just over two months, an intersection of two pandemics will manifest in Glasgow, Scotland. The 2021 edition of the United Nations Conference of Parties — COP26 — will be its first international gathering since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2020.  Involving an expected 30 000…

TORONTO — Several Ontario universities will be going hybrid for orientation week next month. TORONTO — Several Ontario universities will be going hybrid for orientation week next month.  The University of Toronto, York University, Hamilton's McMaster University, Laurentian University in Sudbury and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay are among those…

The United States is shipping more than two million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Algeria, Ghana and Yemen, the White House said Thursday, boosting efforts to combat a third wave of the pandemic across Africa. The shipments, which a White House official told AFP would land before the end of…

Is the current COVID-19 surge a "pandemic of the unvaccinated?" No, according to Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, pediatrician and co-developer of the "The Conversation: Between Us, About Us" project to encourage more people of color to get vaccinated. "This is not a pandemic of the unvaccinated," Boyd said Wednesday at…

Nigeria is prone to seasonal disease outbreaks and in the last few years, a series of outbreaks including monkeypox, measles, Lassa fever, yellow fever, cerebrospinal meningitis and cholera have threatened the nation's public health security. In 2020, while responding to COVID-19, Nigeria was at the same time tackling what was…

Fewer U.S. military veterans experienced thoughts of suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has found. Photo courtesy of U.S. Marine Corps/Flickr Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Despite the stresses and social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer U.S. military veterans contemplated or attempted suicide compared to years past,…

With the global film industry in a state of flux amidst unprecedented shifts in the production and distribution landscape, Tom Quinn’s indie label Neon isn’t just weathering the storm, it’s completely thriving. Currently in its fifth year of operation, the production and distribution company is quietly riding high after debuting…

Dr. Fauci Alarming News ... The Pandemic Will Last Until Next Spring 8/24/2021 6:39 AM PT CNN Dr. Fauci's delivering a harsh dose of reality for Americans ... he says we won't get the pandemic under control until spring, 2022 -- and that's only if people get the damn vaccine.…