Pandemic

Pope Leo XIV has called for the "pandemic of arms, large and small" to end following the school shooting in Minnesota last week. Why It Matters The pope's plea came as grief and anger spread through Minneapolis and beyond following the latest instance of mass gun violence at a school.…

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Updated : , ,   VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States. History’s first U.S. pope spoke…

Federal public servants were less likely to call in sick to work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, new government data shows. The figures shared by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat indicate that in 2020-21, when the pandemic had most office employees working entirely remotely, the average number…

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About 360 foreigners who have unlawfully occupied City of Cape Town and government-owned land since the Covid-19 pandemic — demanding relocation abroad, citing xenophobic attacks — will be served with eviction notices. They were among hundreds of refugees, many from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who protested outside the…

The post-pandemic “revenge travel” surge has cooled, but demand hasn’t disappeared. It has simply shifted. Today’s guests are more deliberate. They still spend and explore, but many now travel to recharge, extend a business trip into leisure, or set up a temporary remote office. Bleisure and workations are no longer…

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Long before COVID-19 swept over the globe, the Plague of Justinian gave rise to widespread upheaval as the opening chapter of the world’s first plague pandemic. From 541 to 750 C.E., the bubonic plague cast a shadow over much of Eurasia, from the grand Byzantine capital of Constantinople to rural…

August 28, 2025 6 min read CDC’s Leadership Is in Chaos—Experts Warn of Public Health Risks Public health experts warn that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s leadership crisis—sparked by the White House’s efforts to oust CDC director Susan Monarez—could jeopardize national biosecurity, pandemic preparedness and disease outbreak surveillance…