The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Grattan on Friday: Experts want Albanese to lead on indoor air quality as part of pandemic planning

Last month, a delegation led by Brendan Crabb, head of the Burnet Institute, a prestigious medical research body, met Anthony Albanese in the prime minister’s parliament house office.

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2024

Lisa Nandy’s conference speech was a love song to the arts, performed with hands in empty pockets

With almost no practical plans for bringing UK culture back to strength after 14 years of ‘violent indifference’, the culture secretary repeated the ‘we love you but there’s no money’ mantra

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024

Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘stay at home’ Covid video was shot in Lord Alli’s £18m Covent Garden penthouse apartment

In the newly-unearthed clip, critics say Sir Keir ‘gave the impression’ of being at his family home in Kentish Town

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2024

Covid furlough gap that still rankles

Brief letters: Surviving on savings | ‘Ready-to-wear’ fashion | Picking your pineapples | Hereditary qualifications | Light at the end of the tunnel

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024

Cheaper Falklands to Brazil flights to resume – but start date remains unclear

Concerns about overtourism were extremely short lived as the Covid pandemic put paid to the flights

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024

Liverpool shows Labour how long-term sickness blights lives and the economy

This year’s party conference is taking place in a city where Covid and austerity have led to high levels of economic inactivity

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024

It's time to roll up sleeves for new COVID, flu shots

Fall means it’s time for just about everybody to get up to date on their flu and COVID-19 vaccines

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024

America is increasingly dependent on foreign doctors − but their path to immigration is getting harder

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a pressing issue: The U.S. health care system is increasingly dependent on immigrant physicians, but it’s becoming harder for aspiring ones to work and settle in the U.S.

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2024

Covid lockdowns damaged children’s eyesight with one in three now shortsighted, study finds

Half the world’s teenagers may be short-sighted by 2050, a study warns

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024

Did COVID come from an animal market? Here’s what the new evidence really tells us

The argument about the origins of COVID has always been heated, and nowadays it feels more like a brawl than a scientific debate.

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2024