Pandemic

November 17, 2023 3 min read Early research presented at the leading brain conference suggests that the pandemic changed the brains of teenagers By Gary Stix Before COVID, American teenagers’ psychological health was already in decline. The pandemic, with its sudden lockdowns, school closures and other jolts to normal life,…

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts has announced that Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the Oscars for the fourth time overall!  The late-night host is returning for his second straight year after 2023’s award ceremony brought in 18.7 million viewers, the most since 2020’s pre-pandemic broadcast.  Furthermore, Kimmel’s cautious…

Two former Transnet executives, who were fired after being found guilty in a disciplinary hearing of colluding with suppliers to defraud the entity during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, have been interdicted from withdrawing their pension funds.  Former executive manager, Lerato Mary Theresa Makenete, responsible for group business continuity and…

7 November 2023 (PAHO)- The World Health Organization (WHO) 2023 Global tuberculosis (TB) report underscores a significant worldwide recovery in the scale-up of TB diagnosis and treatment services in 2022. It shows an encouraging trend starting to reverse the detrimental effects of COVID- 19 disruptions on TB services. Featuring data…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research from the NIH's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program suggests that during the COVID-19 pandemic, some teens with a history of depression, anxiety, autism and ADHD experienced more severe impacts than those without. This research, titled "Life Satisfaction for Adolescents with Developmental…

In a sign of growing domestic equality, more new dads are claiming paid family leave to bond with their babies and support their partners during the first weeks of parenthood. In California, which has one of the nation’s oldest programs, men filed 44% of bonding claims last year, up from…

The Industrial Disputes Tribunal. A physical education teacher who challenged his employer's decision to make his post redundant at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic was adjudged by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) to have been unjustly terminated and is to receive $2 million as relief. The IDT delivered its…

Thomas Helbling /EPA-Yonhap The International Monetary Fund has praised Korea's fiscal austerity policy as a model for other countries around the world. "Korea, which has reduced deficits after the pandemic and is now committed to keep deficits low going forward, is for us an example for this fiscal prudence and…

Citi FM/Citi TV broadcast journalist Fred Duhoe has been awarded the Ghana Journalists Association’s Best News Reporter Award, Television category. Duhoe was announced the winner of the category at the 27th GJA Awards ceremony for his compelling story titled “Slipping through Ghana’s closed borders,” which was produced during the COVID-19…

Victims’ families, survivors and activists will hold a mass commemoration in Seoul on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the deadly crush that killed nearly 160 people during Halloween festivities last year. Last Halloween, tens of thousands of people — mostly in their 20s and 30s — had been…