Pandemic

1. Ms Lyla Adwan-Kamara, Team Leader of Ghana Somubi Dwumadie, delivering an address at the closing ceremony A four-year disability project:  ‘Ghana Somubi Dwumadie,’ with specific focus on improving mental health in Ghana has ended. Funded by the UKAid, the programme which commenced in March 2020 at the height of…

Education has continually evolved to meet the needs of an ever-changing world, but the past few years have been a particularly steep learning curve for educational institutions. The Covid-19 pandemic and the rapid rise of new technologies such as AI have changed the way we live, work, and study. Student…

Some stakeholders in the health sector have said sustained access to high-quality health data is crucial for effective control and management of HIV, COVID-19 and other  pandemics and disease outbreaks. They made the call yesterday in Abuja during the close out ceremony of the USAID funded Data.FI COVID-19 Impact Mitigation…

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Harris-Walz Campaign Co-Chair Mitch Landrieu responded to a question on voters who say that they could afford to buy more during the Trump administration pre-pandemic by stating, “that’s what they think. But, of course, that is not accurate. The economy, when Donald Trump…

For years, but especially since the pandemic, this page and many others in Science and elsewhere have been filled with lamentations about the spread of scientific misinformation—and hand wringing on how to prevent it. High-speed sharing and the ...Read More

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there are 98,000 job vacancies in food service and accommodation. However, despite the fall, vacancies remain 5,000 higher than pre-pandemic levels of 93,000. In reaction, UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has urged the Government to introduce business-friendly recruitment…

Global box office and global total cinema revenue will surpass pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels in 2026, but admissions won’t do so over the next five years. Global subscriptions to streaming services will post a ​​5.6 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2023 and 2028, outpacing a compound annual gain in…

Six people who work at a poultry farm in northeastern Colorado have tested positive for the bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported July 19. This brings the known number of U.S. cases this year to 10. The workers were likely infected by chickens, which they had been…

…as passenger load factor falls below industry’s break-even level A major slump in local airlines Passenger Load Factor (PLF) has plunged the Nigerian aviation sector into a severe revenue crisis, the worst since the COVID-19 pandemic period, Business Hallmark findings have revealed. According to Wikipedia.org, Passenger Load Factor, or simply…

In short: The Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness says the H5N1 strain has been detected to Australia's north and south. The strain has been detected in farm workers in the US and in a range of animal species. What's next? Surveillance for signs of the disease's arrival is continuing. Australian…