Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Coronavirus FAQs: How worrisome is the new variant? How long do boosters last?

Readers are curious about the new variant, currently known a BA.2.86. Also: Lots of questions about boosters. Can you get it at the same time as a flu shot? And how long does protection last?

WEKU

Odisha 5T secretary unmasks MLA for 'trying to stall' Ganjam people's return during Covid

BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary (5T) V K Pandian on Friday made a veiled attack on Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahy for attempting to sabotage the state government’s efforts of allowing the return of Ganjam people stuck outside the state during the Covid pandemic.

The Times of India

Is Now the Time to Buy Into Moderna, Inc. (MRNA)?

Is now the time to invest in Moderna (MRNA) after the company revealed that its updated vaccines would be effective against two new COVID-19 subvariants? Let’s look at its financial metrics to gauge its prospects….

StockNews.com

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Is Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) a Better Investment Than Baidu (BIDU)?

The Chinese economy seems poised for long-term growth supported by the elimination of COVID-related restrictions and a surge in spending on services. While leading Chinese stocks Alibaba Group (BABA) and Baidu (BIDU) should benefit from the industry tailwinds, let us determine which stock is the better investment.

StockNews.com

Joke "We Need You Brad Pitt" Post at Start of COVID Pandemic Protected by First Amendment

The post led to the author being arrested for "terrorizing"; so clearly unconstitutional that the police officer lacks qualified immunity, says the Fifth Circuit.

Reason

Setbacks for Sri Lanka ahead of Asia Cup as Dushamantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga injured

NEW DELHI: The Sri Lankan cricket team had multiple setbacks on Friday as pacer Dushamantha Chameera and leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga were rendered doubtful for the upcoming Asia Cup due to injuries. To go with that, batters Kusal Perera and Avishka Fernando tested positive for COVID-19 and are under observation

The Times of India

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Bereaved Londoners among families take legal action over care home pandemic deaths

Relatives are arguing the State failed to protect them under the Human Rights Act and have issued legal claims for damages for distress caused

Evening Standard

Losing motivation to train as you get older? We ask three exceptional veterans for their tips

What does it take mentally to keep striving for peak performance into your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond? We speak to three exceptional veterans

Cycling Weekly

Covid Eris symptoms: All we know about new variant driving surge in cases

Eris is now the second most prevalent Covid variant in the UK and most common varient in the US

The Independent UK

COVID: should we start wearing masks again?

One thing that can be guaranteed about COVID is that evolution will provide us with a more or less constant stream of new coronavirus variants, some of which will be more successful at infecting people. Talk of mutations sounds scary and it can lead to serious problems, but it would…

The Conversation

Tory frustration with Nadine Dorries grows as former party whip calls for clarity – as it happened

John Penrose is the latest MP to voice their frustration after Dorries said she was quitting but then failed to do so

The Guardian - UK

Highly mutated Covid variant found in new countries as scientists urge careful monitoring

Scientists are testing how well updated Covid-19 vaccines will work against BA.2.86 after at least nine cases were detected across the world

The Independent UK

Families sue UK government over relatives’ deaths during Covid crisis

Cases against government, care homes and hospitals relate to deaths in 2020, when Covid patients were moved into homes

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

An August surge, two new variants and a Barbenheimer spike: is London facing a Covid autumn?

Cases have surged by 17 per cent in the last week, with experts blaming waning immunity, increased indoor mixing and new mutations

The Independent UK

California doctor lauded for COVID testing work pleads guilty to selling misbranded cosmetic drugs

A celebrated doctor who tested tens of thousands of people for COVID-19 in the pandemic’s early months in a badly-stricken California desert community has pleaded guilty to misbranding cosmetic drugs

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia's Pro League is taking advantage of football's greed and inequality

For Liverpool supporters like me, Jordan Henderson was one of football’s good guys. He was the club captain who fundraised for the UK’s National Health Service during the COVID-19 pandemic and vocally supported Liverpool’s LGBTQ+ community.

The Independent UK

Ohio is third state to report worrying new Covid strain

Scientists are concerned about BA2. 86, also known as the ‘Pirola’ strain, due to its high number of genetic variants

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Sarah Palin burns Covid masks in bizarre video as conservatives sound alarm over new mask mandates

Institutions in California, Georgia, and New York have reinstated mask mandates

Ballotpedia

Bargaining in Blue: Arbitrator reinstates Massachusetts police officers denied religious exemption for COVID-19 vaccine

Bargaining in Blue, a monthly newsletter from Ballotpedia, provides news and information on police collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), including the latest news, policy debates, and insights from Ballotpedia’s analysis of police CBAs in all 50 states and the top 100 cities by population.

The Independent UK

Top GCSE results fall in return to pre-Covid grading system

Around 203,000 fewer top GCSE grades were awarded in England, Wales and Northern Ireland compared to last year.

The Independent UK

Covid cases double in a month as scientists warn about spread of new variants

Hospital admissions are also said to have increased after the discovery of Erin and Pirola strains

The Guardian - UK

GCSE results show us a nation of overwhelmed, vulnerable children. Where is the support?

Covid-19, social media, the tyranny of tests – the problems are known, yet politicians fail to draw the threads together, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Newsroom.co.nz

National donors say migrant hostels inquiry has been widened to other houses

Alpha Laboratories owners say they expect to be cleared in tenancy inquiry, and hope to continue donating money to politics to support small businesses. Jonathan Milne reports.

The Guardian - AU

Political support for surveillance of Covid waning in Australia despite ‘waves of mutations’, scientists say

Active community testing required on an intermittent basis so see ‘the whole iceberg, not just the tip’, Prof Catherine Bennett says

1 … 257 258 259 260

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.