Pandemic

Washington, DC, 31 July 2023 (PAHO)- The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, called on countries of the Americas to maintain investments in health, promote innovation in primary care with a focus on digital technologies, and move from theory to practice through specific policies to…

The Girls’ Brigade has held its 8th Africa Leaders Conference and 2nd Girls’ Gathering to mark its 25th anniversary celebration and official opening since the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 which disrupted its earlier planned conference. The ongoing African Conference, AFCON, is themed: “Pressing on towards the Goal”,…

Since well before the pandemic, hotels have been in the midst of an ‘operations revolution’, largely by deploying better and better technology to automate mundane tasks so that teams can be more guest-facing and deliver more personalized experiences. Along the way, though, we have created a bit of a monster…

The European Commission gave the green light to the third instalment of post-pandemic recovery funds for Italy on Friday, finding the country had satisfactorily met targets to unblock the aid...Read More

Research indicates that remote and distributed work is on the rise, with more individuals and organizations considering it a viable option, especially since the pandemic. This trend is driven by many factors, such as the ability to expand the talent pool, greater flexibility in working arrangements, cost savings on infrastructure,…

In retrospect, it’s almost difficult to believe a video conferencing company rose to the top of the charts thanks to the global COVID pandemic. And yet, that’s exactly what happened for Zoom in 2020 – nine years after it was launched. An invaluable player in the hybrid working space, Zoom…

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - It could take five more years for Britain to return to producing 1 million or more cars a year, the industry body said on Thursday, as figures showed car manufacturing still remained a third below pre-pandemic levels. UK factories are expected to produce 860,000 cars…

When the covid-19 pandemic delayed the releases of major movies, there was nothing the studios could do to stop it. Genuine health risks meant theaters had to close and without theaters, there wasn’t anywhere to screen new movies. Now movie delays are starting to happen again—only this time, the studios…

A recent report titled underlined that £635 million pounds could be saved by the NHS every year. Rigos101/Wikimedia Commons The people of Britain could greatly increase their well-being and have better health if they opt for more nature-based healthcare, revealed a new report by the Institute of Occupational Medicine Health.…

Politics Many fought pandemic-related school shutdowns and mask mandates, pushed to remove diversity, equity and inclusion programs from schools and tried to ban books they viewed as inappropriate, such as ones with LGBTQ content. Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich, left, and Tiffany Justice, speak at the Moms for Liberty…