Pandemic

Gain of Fear   In the last few weeks, we’ve all learned a new phrase from the eerie realm of virology: “gain of function research.” Abbreviated as GOFR, it’s defined as “any field of medical research that alters an organism or disease in a way that increases  pathogenesis, transmissibility, or host range (the types…

Long-delayed football tournament comes amid still-surging pandemic in Brazil, which has registered more than 486,000 deaths. After uncertainty over what country would host it, a Brazilian Supreme Court hearing about its possible postponement, and coronavirus infections reported by three teams, the long-delayed Copa America football tournament has opened in Brazil’s…

The endgame of the pandemic is giving both employers and workers a chance to create a more humane relationship — both in the office and out of it. The big picture: Companies need workers, but many employees aren't ready to go back to the way things used to be. A…

The 2021 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Friday after one of the toughest years for journalism in recent memory. Many award recipients this year were recognized for their work covering the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial justice protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder last year. Of note: The…

SHANGHAI — For Shanghai’s biggest annual film party this year, the emphasis is on the party. The 24th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) kicks off Friday with a series of patriotic movies as a tribute to the Communist Party of China ahead of its 100th anniversary next month. Hundreds of…

This story is co-published with Capital & Main A body is moved from a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue to a vehicle at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, in the Borough of Brooklyn on April 8, 2020 in New York. Who wasn't counted in the COVID-19 death toll? Bryan…

NEW DELHI: The official death toll in India's devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has crossed 2 lakh. Fatalities recorded since March 1 this year account for nearly three of every five deaths from the virus reported since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020. India has reported…

The series, presented by Third Age Barrie Life-Long Learning Association, invited six 'leading lights' to talk about dangers experienced amid pandemic and beyond NEWS RELEASE THIRD AGE BARRIE LIFE-LONG LEARNING ASSOCIATION ************************* This spring, Third Age Barrie (TAB) Life-Long Learning Association invited six leading lights in the fields of climate…

ET INTELLIGENCE GROUP: The latest guidelines on Covid treatment released by the health ministry have made sweeping changes by excluding drugs such as ivermectin, azithromycin, doxycycline, zinc tablets, favipiravir and plasma therapy from the list of approved treatments for Covid patients and recommending extreme caution for the emergency use of…

If 2020 taught us anything, it was that our lives could be turned upside down without warning. In the harshest months of the pandemic, we learned that one has to be prepared for the unpredictable. You have to think a few steps ahead and assess all possible scenarios, even the…