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Climate change could lead to food-related civil unrest in UK within 50 years, say experts

The emptying of supermarket shelves during the COVID pandemic demonstrated the chaos that disruption to the UK’s food supply can provoke. Could this type of disruption have a different cause in the future? And what might the impact on society be?

The Conversation

Vaccines against COVID-19, the seasonal flu and RSV are our best chance of preventing a winter surge

As cold and flu season ramps up, health care experts are once again on high alert for the possibility of a tripledemic, or a surge brought on by the respiratory viruses that cause COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. The good news is that this year, health…

The Conversation

Symptoms of new Covid variants as cases increase in UK

Cases of the Pirola variant in the UK have surpassed 100

The Independent UK

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wants to tap 'Chinese science' as the drug company looks for a new target after COVID

Bourla hopes to bring the same speed in developing a COVID vaccine to discovering new cancer treatments.

Fortune

For Texans with long COVID, specialized centers can provide more effective treatments — if they can access them

Long COVID clinics in Texas are few and far between, often with months-long waitlists. But these centers can provide care that validates stigmatized patients, offers unique treatments and teaches physicians more about the new condition.

The Texas Tribune

‘Modi-nomics’ fails to buck the trend

Statistical considerations apart, right now there are good reasons for looking at a slice of time longer than a few quarters when studying economic growth in India

The Hindu

Revealed: Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings’s secret Covid WhatsApp messages

In a WhatsApp message to Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings described the Cabinet Office as ‘terrifyingly s***’

The Independent UK

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Another report minimizes long COVID risk

Some argue the criteria for long COVID is too broad. Others say this disease is being dismissed, at our peril

Salon

Decoding major parties' economic credentials

There's no real data to suggest the economy is better off under a National or Labour government, writes Andrew Bevin

Newsroom.co.nz

California Quietly Repeals Restrictions on Doctors' COVID-19 Advice

Several federal judges had expressed skepticism about the constitutionality of penalizing physicians for departing from a government-defined "consensus."

Reason

Anti-lockdown alliances find new focus in backing voice no campaign

Conspiracy theorists and other opponents of Covid pandemic measures are influencing the referendum debate

The Guardian - AU

Boris Johnson did not want meetings with Nicola Sturgeon during Covid

BORIS Johnson has said he thought it was "wrong" for him to hold regular meetings with Nicola Sturgeon and the Welsh First Minister during…

The National (Scotland)

Using technology to open up wilderness trails to people with disabilities

People — including those with disabilities — flocked outside during the COVID-19 pandemic. The influx has highlighted efforts to ensure everyone has access to outdoor spaces.

WEKU

Labour is right: billions were lost to Covid fraud, and the public deserve a reckoning

Given the immense suffering the pandemic brought to so many people, profiteers cannot be allowed to get away with it, says Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh

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Evening Standard

‘It’s like Covid with legs’ — how the Paris bedbug outbreak sparked a London frenzy

Londoners say they’re avoiding the Tube and considering working from home as pest control specialists warn the bugs are perfectly capable of surviving the two hour Eurostar from Paris to King’s Cross. Katie Strick reports

AAP

COVID-19 costing the Australian economy billions

Three years after the pandemic began, the COVID-19 virus is still taking a toll on the economy in sick days and healthcare costs.

The Texas Tribune

Texas lawmakers again try to prohibit private businesses from requiring COVID-19 vaccines

A Senate panel on Tuesday advanced such a measure. The debate centered largely around the safety of the vaccine and whether doctors’ offices and health care facilities should be exempt.

The Guardian - US

US prisoners who did not consent to ivermectin Covid treatment win payout

Prisoners in Arkansas settle lawsuit for $2,000 each after accusing Washington county detention center of ‘medical experimentation’

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CVS CEO says pharmacist burnout led to a walkout: ‘We are at the same level of demand as we were in 2021’ for COVID shots

Uptake of the new XBB-tailored boosters was expected to be dismal—but a statement by the CEO of CVS calls that prediction into question.

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet turmoil a key reason for ‘dismal’ UK response to Covid, inquiry told

Former cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell also says breaches of Covid rules by those in power destroyed public trust

The Independent UK

US households can now order four free Covid tests from the government – latest guidelines

An updated Coronavirus booster is now being rolled out nationwide

The Hindu

Private hospital in Hyderabad ordered to return ₹35.43 lakh for COVID-19 treatment, pay compensation of ₹1 Lakh

Continental Hospitals must pay ₹35.43 lakh and ₹1 lakh in compensation to the wife of a COVID-19 patient for overcharging. District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-III, Hyderabad, found that the hospital had billed ₹45 lakh for treatment, exceeding the Telangana government's GO RT 248 ceiling; ₹35.43 lakh refunded, plus punitive damages…

Evening Standard

Death of England: Closing Time at the National Theatre review – uniquely brilliant

Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Hayley Squires are riveting, creating a love-hate relationship that feels deep, detailed and combustively alive

The Independent UK

Ask John Rentoul anything about Labour Party conference – from austerity and sleaze to Sue Gray

The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, will be answering your questions as Sir Keir Starmer’s pivotal keynote speech aims to inspire following a challenging start

Fortune

China's disappointing Golden Week holiday—the first after the end of COVID-zero—shows consumers are still holding back

While domestic travel during China's Golden Week holiday rebounded to just over 2019 levels, it still fell short of official government forecasts.

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