Pandemic

Air passenger numbers in Europe are back to pre-pandemic levels. Photo by David GANNON / AFP European airports welcomed more passengers last year than in 2019, surpassing pre-Covid levels for the first time since the pandemic, industry figures showed on Wednesday. Passenger traffic reached 2.5 billion in 2024, up 7.4…

D.C. school recovering from pandemic learning loss How a D.C. school is working to reverse pandemic learning loss 05:24 National test results released last month show that not a single state scored above pre-pandemic levels in both math and reading, despite nearly $190 billion given to schools in federal pandemic…

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The pandemic may have changed people’s outlook on life DisobeyArt / Alamy The covid-19 pandemic gave older people in England a stronger sense of purpose and greater life satisfaction, possibly because it deepened their appreciation for the simple things in life. We already knew that some people’s well-being and life…

“My grandfather’s death, six months into the pandemic, is more than a tragedy,” Sarah Jones wrote at New York magazine, where she is a columnist, in late 2020. “His fate is as political as it is biological. And I am furious.” In her fury, Jones was unusually clear-eyed about the…

Norway’s economy surprised last quarter with the biggest contraction since the pandemic, strengthening the case for the country’s central bank to start its long-awaited easing campaign. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Ott Ummelas Published Feb 11, 2025  •  Last updated Feb 11, 2025  •  3 minute read Shoppers in…

Data: Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University; Note: There was a three-year gap in data from 2019-2022; Chart: Axios VisualsAmerican students are half a grade level behind pre-pandemic achievement levels in math and reading, according to a report released on Tuesday.Why it matters: No state showed improvements in…

There is no doubt about the state of economy Trump in­herited from Joe Biden, the United States of America’s 46th President under the Democrat­ic Party. Arguably, Trump inherits a strong economy. Fundamentally, the post-COVID-19 pandemic US economic recovery has been regard­ed to have outpaced that of other advanced economies in…

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