Pandemic

Michael Esmond, the owner of Gulf Breeze Pools & Spas in Florida, spread the holiday spirit in December by paying off some past due utility bills for 114 families in the area.Esmond performed a similar act of generosity in 2019 when he donated $4,600, which paid the utility bills for…

Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: capture bats and help prevent the next global pandemic.A few meters ahead, nearly…

Coronavirus infections can lead to bacterial infections—and bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment with antibiotics Credit: Neil Hall Getty Images There are plenty of reasons why we need to bring this pandemic to a swift end. With each day, thousands more people die, and hundreds of thousands more become…

Congressman-elect Bob Good (R-Virginia). John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesGOP Representative-elect Bob Good of Virginia on Saturday labeled the coronavirus pandemic as "phony" at a rally in support of President Donald Trump in Washington, DC."This looks like a group of people that get that this is a phony pandemic,"…

Pandemic protocols helped slow down other diseases – DOH Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) - December 13, 2020 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Health protocols imposed on the public to avoid the transmission of COVID-19 have slowed down other diseases as well, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III revealed the other…

QAnon message boards were set alight after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a United Nations conference this fall that the pandemic is an opportunity to 'reset' and reimagine economic systems Conspiracy theories, including those propagated by the once-fringe QAnon movement, have gained traction as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels fear, social…

"If the situation stays like this, we will be obliged to add restrictions unless Quebecers start really respecting the measures in place."Author of the article:Philip Authier  •  Montreal GazettePublishing date:Dec 12, 2020  •   •  4 minute readQuebec Premier François Legault, right, offered his season's greetings to colleagues as the fall…

In April, a month after the pandemic hit the United States, Cliff Hodges was one of millions of small business owners teetering on the brink. Hodges, who ran a small outdoor wilderness club in Santa Cruz, California, a beach town 75 miles south of San Francisco, applied for a Paycheck…

Empty Champs Elysees avenue is pictured on March 28, 2020 in Paris, France. The country has introduced fines for people caught violating its nationwide lockdown measures intended to stop the spread of COVID-19.Pascal Le Segretain | Getty ImagesGlobal greenhouse gas emissions plunged by roughly 2.4 billion tons this year, a…

As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the global economy, financing nosedived in Southeast Asia, where there was a 13% drop in the amount of capital invested in the region compared to the same period of 2019, while the total numbers of deals declined by 15%, according to research by…