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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

Evening Standard

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 Independent UK

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.

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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

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

The Independent UK

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.

Ballotpedia

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

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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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Newsroom.co.nz

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

The Guardian - AU

COVID boosters to be sold on the high street – here's what effect this may have on uptake

COVID boosters will be available to buy from high-street pharmacists and private healthcare providers across the UK in 2024.

The Conversation

Gender-affirming surgeries in the US nearly tripled before Covid pandemic dip, study finds

During the five-year study, there were about 48,000 patients who underwent such surgeries

The Independent UK

Americans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected

CDC said that scientists discovered a new coronavirus variant, BA 2.86, and that higher-risk individuals should be cautious

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The Independent UK

NI students celebrate GCSE results despite uncertainty around grade levels

Of the 30,800 GCSE students in the region who received their results, 86.8% received grade C/4 and above, while 34.5% received grade A/7 and above.

Evening Standard

What is Pirola? Symptoms of new Covid variant as cases rise

Scientists are closely monitoring the new Covid variant that has been found in eight countries so far but admit they don’t know much about it

The Independent UK

Headteacher’s delight at GCSE results for pupils ‘most affected’ by pandemic

A campaign to improve mental health support in Brighton and Hove schools is under way.

Autosport

MotoGP riders feel “insane” Austrian GP party should be copied by other tracks

The Red Bull Ring has been a mainstay on the MotoGP calendar since it returned to the schedule in 2016, hosting events every year since – including double-headers in 2020 and 2021 during COVID times – and has become a firm fan favourite.

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The Conversation

Existential crisis: how long COVID patients helped us understand what it’s like to lose your sense of identity and purpose in life

Lucy* used to be known fondly as the “iron lady” by colleagues at work. In her mid-50s and still the main breadwinner for her family, she had always thought of herself as strong, energetic, and indestructible – but not any more.

The Independent UK

GCSE top grades fall but remain above pre-pandemic levels

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country received their GCSE exam results on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Lionsgate tells employees to wear masks amid new Covid variant

Entertainment company has reinstated a mask mandate amid rising Covid virus cases

The Hindu

PM Modi seeks level playing field for smaller e-commerce players

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his opening address to the G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial summit, said it was the collective responsibility of these 20 nations to rebuild confidence in international trade and investment processes as the world economy has been tested by the COVID-19 pandemic and geo-political tensions.

The Guardian - US

Summer box office 2023: what were the big hits and misses?

It was the season of Barbenheimer but also one that saw some of the costliest flops that the industry has ever seen

Chicago Sun-Times

Northwestern doctors say long COVID detected even after patients tested negative

Potentially millions of people across the U.S. showed so-called long-COVID symptoms in 2020 even though they initially tested negative for the virus back then, researchers find.

The Independent UK

Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters

Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday

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