The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Planes, trains and pandemics: Lessons from COVID-19 about travel risks posed by hantavirus and Ebola

International travel volumes have now fully recovered from the downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the upcoming World Cup poised to drive a surge in Canadian tourism, recent hantavirus and Ebola virus outbreaks remind us of the need to effectively manage travel-related public health risks in a world on the…

The Conversation · May 26

FED:University class 'explosion' short-changing students

Universities have been accused of compromising Australian education, with a major report showing class sizes have skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic.

AAP · May 26

University class 'explosion' short-changing students

Universities have been accused of compromising Australian education, with a major report showing class sizes have skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic.

AAP · May 26

Thailand unfazed by surge in Singapore Covid cases

Thailand is unlikely to face a significant impact from the current Covid-19 surge in Singapore, as the dominant strain driving infections there has already circulated widely in the country, a leading virologist says.

Bangkok Post · May 25

Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories in divided US

Ever-growing influence of social media and AI means such ideas spreading at faster rates than before, experts say

The Guardian - US · May 25

Covid is now hitting young Indians in a shocking new way, doctors say people in their 30s are suddenly needing hip replacements

Hip replacement surgeries among Indians in their 30s and 40s have reportedly risen by nearly 40 per cent in the post-Covid period. Doctors say the increase is largely linked to steroid-related bone damage and delayed diagnosis of avascular necrosis (AVN), a painful condition that can lead to severe hip arthritis…

The Economic Times · May 25

Why WHO Declared Ebola A Global Health Emergency

A deadly virus has once again pushed global health authorities into emergency mode. The World Health Organization has officially declared the Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa a global health emergency, raising fears of wider international spread. For many people, the word “Ebola” immediately brings back memories of panic, strict…

MyLifeXP · May 25

How to Dress for Old Age offers personal reflections and important lessons for facing life’s last act

Once we enter midlife, it seems everywhere we look there are signs pointing to the future. Advice about retirement strategies, property and housing, superannuation (if we’re lucky enough to have it), how to age well, be healthy, adjust to life’s “third act”.

The Conversation · May 25

Most Covid-19 cases linked to mild variant

The NB.1.8.1 strain has become the dominant Covid-19 variant in Thailand over the past year, although health authorities say there is no evidence it spreads faster or causes more severe illness.

Bangkok Post · May 24

Sexism, Covid conspiracies and trans slurs: Reform candidate’s ‘appalling’ social media condemned

Hope Not Hate has shared now-deleted posts attributed to Makerfield by-election candidate Robert Kenyon

The Independent UK · May 23