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‘We are struggling’: doctors faced with vacuum of information on long Covid

Three years into the pandemic, unanswered questions about the condition limit physicians’ ability to treat patients

The Guardian - US

Eyeing a run for president, Ron DeSantis wants to 'Make America Florida'

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

WEKU

Commentary: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here’s why that’s wise

A California Supreme Court decision last month reaffirmed that individual school districts lack the authority to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A few weeks before that, officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration confirmed that they had abandoned plans to require COVID-19 vaccination of schoolchildren, and legislation to similar…

Los Angeles Times

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Cabinet Office minister casts doubt on whether Sue Gray followed proper process over job with Starmer – as it happened

Jeremy Quin says it is unprecedented for serving permanent secretary to resign to take job with leader of opposition

The Guardian - UK

Rural hospitals that were struggling financially even before the pandemic are running out of COVID aid

Financial pitfalls at the U.S.'s highest-elevation hospital in Colorado serve as a cautionary tale.

Fortune

China aims for 'economic stability' in 2023 with 5% GDP growth target

With China's National People's Congress underway, the government has set out what many are calling an achievable target for economic growth in 2023. The 5 percent objective is the lowest in over three decades and comes as Beijing has lifted most of the restrictions set up during the Covid-19 pandemic.…

France 24

Matt Hancock wanted to ‘frighten the pants off’ public about Covid strain, leaked messages show

Latest messages show ex-health secretary was worried Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme was contributing to the spread of Covid

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Novak Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells after being denied entry to USA

Djokovic remains unable to enter the US because he is not vaccinated against Covid-19.

The Independent UK

Novak Djokovic pulls out of Indian Wells tournament amid US visa row

The long wait for Novak Djokovic to get a COVID-19 vaccine waiver and US visa to play in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells ended in disappointment and frustration as he officially withdrew from the ATP tournament on Sunday.

The Times of India

India's per capita income doubles since 2014-15

NEW DELHI: India's per capita income has doubled to Rs 1,72,000 in nominal terms since the Narendra Modi-led NDA government came to power in 2014-15, according to the National Statistical Office (NSO).

The Times of India

The public should have been told about Surge Centre concerns

Taxpayers paid $14 million for the centre.

The Canberra Times

Resistance to mega-tourism is rising in the South Pacific – but will governments put words into action?

With COVID-19 travel restrictions largely a thing of the past for Australian and New Zealand tourists, Pacific destinations are enjoying the return of visitors – albeit at a slower pace than in other parts of the world.

The Conversation

Johnson ‘nationally distrusted’, said top civil servant in new Hancock leak

The UK’s top civil servant described Boris Johnson as a ‘nationally distrusted figure’ during the Covid pandemic, according to leaked messages.

The Independent UK

Experts blame COVID after nearly 20,000 extra deaths

COVID-19 has been identified as the cause of 10,300 "excess" deaths in 2022, with researchers suspecting the virus may have been behind many more.

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Daily Mirror

WhatsApps show Matt Hancock desperately tried to take credit for the coronavirus vaccine

In one leaked WhatsApp message, Matt Hancock warned “It MUST NOT be Alok!” as he insisted he should get publicity rather than business secretary Sir Alok Sharma

The Conversation

Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now

At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar the situation was when COVID-19 disrupted building supply chains across Australia. The shortage of materials such…

The Canberra Times

'Not suitable for treatment': FOI documents reveal Garran Surge Centre fears

Documents show concerns about ventilation and airflow at the centre.

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages: what are the latest disclosures?

Leak has provided unique insight into how UK government operated at height of the Covid pandemic

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The Independent UK

Top civil servant warned Boris Johnson was ‘nationally distrusted’, WhatsApp leak reveals

Simon Case’s remarks about lack of trust in then-PM emerge from conversation with Matt Hancock

Tribune News Service

Viruses hiding out in patients hold answers to long COVID

Tracking microbes through a malodorous network of sewer lines led virologist Marc Johnson to the source of unusual coronavirus mutants.

Daily Mirror

Whitehall chief admitted Boris Johnson is 'nationally distrusted' in leaked WhatsApps

Britain's top civil servant Simon Case suggested the public needed to be told to isolate if they had Covid by 'trusted local figures, not nationally distrusted figures like the PM' in October 2020

Tribune News Service

Idaho dropped thousands from Medicaid in the pandemic’s first years. It offers a preview of what could happen nationwide

During the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the federal government was trying to prevent people on Medicaid from losing health coverage, Idaho dropped nearly 10,000 people from the safety-net program.

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock plotted to oust NHS England chief, WhatsApp leak shows

Former health secretary conspired with Dominic Cummings to remove Simon Stevens in early 2020

Asharq Al-Awsat

China’s Return, Price Ceiling Are Two Challenges to Global Energy Market Balance

Cornelia Meyer, macro-economist, energy expert and advisor to OPEC, said the reopening of China following the zero-Covid-19 policy and the price ceilings imposed on the purchase of energy products from Russia will pose challenges to the balance of the global energy market. She also expected the demand for gas to…

Birmingham Post

Arco's new chief executive has set to work on long-term growth strategy for proud Hull firm - big interview

Guy Bruce spoke to David Laister following latest results release

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