Pandemic

Japan's demographic problems have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic, as fewer marriages in recent years have led to fewer birthsBS Web Team New Delhi Photo: Representative Image Listen to This ArticleYour browser does not support the audio element. Japan's birth rate fell to a record low in 2022…

Wei Li’s “Welcome to America” moment came in the form of a cold shoulder. In 2013, the then-16-year-old Wei elected to forgo high school in China — and with it, the crazed competition of the country’s gaokao college entrance exam — to pack up her life and enroll at a…

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Ming Lin, MD, the emergency medicine physician from Washington state who was fired early in the COVID pandemic for publicly airing alleged safety concerns, said he has broken with his lawyers over their advice to settle his case. In a Facebook post, Lin said his lawyers "have asked me to…

The pandemic showed how callous, unequal, and ineffective American health care can be—but some medical bigwigs seem to want people to stop pointing that out. June 1, 2023 With classes over for the semester, I recently picked up a book I’d been eager to read over the past few months:…

Tokyo Big Sight for Comiket 101 (photo: Daryl Harding) The Comic Market Preparatory Committee revealed the relaxation of entry guidelines for Comiket 102 this summer that were put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic over the last few events. Because of this, the committee announced that an “unlimited” number…

Source: ntu.edu.sg Telehealth has been an increasingly growing field and became particularly more mainstream during the global pandemic when many of us were in lockdown and unable to visit medical practitioners in person. If you are new to this type of tech option and want to ensure you get the…

Updated May 31, 2023 6:27 am ET 1023 GMT – OPEC+ is unlikely to announce major changes to its oil production when it meets this weekend, Goldman Sachs says. Instead, the cartel could make a recent voluntary round of cuts by a handful of the group’s largest members official. Doing…

Much has been written about the burnout of frontline health workers during the COVID pandemic and what must be done to help them. But what about public health workers -- those operating behind the scenes who are also navigating long hours and increased stress? Helping those workers is the idea…

Tourism enterprises have been urged to embrace digitalisation and innovation after the COVID-19 pandemic to drive sustainable and inclusive growth of tourism in Africa.  According to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Operations, Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Mr Ekow Sampson, that would enable businesses to increase their efficiency…