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Matthew Yglesias: Masks work. Mask mandates don’t

So masks don’t work after all? That’s the conclusion many conservatives took from a comprehensive analysis of the use of masks to prevent the spread of respiratory infections such as COVID-19 — and it’s led, naturally enough, to a lot of football-spiking and I-told-you-so’s.

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Commentary: I called for more research on the COVID ‘lab leak theory.’ Here’s what I found out

Recent reports that Department of Energy and FBI officials think the COVID-19 pandemic originated with a so-called lab leak appear to have provided all the “evidence” many require. As a scientist who has led or contributed to several peer-reviewed studies that tell a very different story, I’ve looked on with…

Los Angeles Times

'Sacked' Glasgow NHS nurse wants long covid to be treated as industrial illness

Brenda Eadie will tell a Scottish Parliamentary committee today how she's been left on the breadline after her 28 year career was destroyed when she contracted the virus at the start of the pandemic.

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China to Reopen to Tourists, Resume All Visas Wednesday

China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday after a three-year halt during the pandemic as it sought to boost its tourism and economy. China is one of the last major countries to reopen its borders to tourists. The announcement Tuesday came after it declared…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China resumes visa issuance to foreigners

BEIJING: China's visa authorities abroad will resume issuance of all categories of visas to foreigners starting on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Hundreds of Curtin University staff walk off the job in fight over pay and conditions

Hundreds of academics at WA's biggest university walk off the job as part of a long-running industrial dispute centred on casualisation, increasing workloads, cost of living and advancement for First Nations staff.

ABC News

China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas Wednesday

China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday after a three-year halt during the pandemic as it sought to boost its tourism and economy

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'I'm one of the doctors choosing to leave the country - this is why'

As 72 hours of industrial action is well underway, one junior doctor says staff are despairing at dwindling pay and a spiralling inability to provide decent care

Manchester Evening News

Malka Leifer sex abuse trial delayed after Victorian judge contracts COVID-19

The child sex abuse trial of former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer is delayed until early next week at a "critical point" in the case after Judge Mark Gamble tests positive to COVID-19.

ABC News

China to resume issuing visas to foreigners starting March 15

China will start reissuing all categories of visas to foreigners from Wednesday, dropping the final cross-border control measure it imposed three years ago to guard against the spread of COVID-19.

ABC News

Suburban man facing federal charges in COVID-19 testing fraud scheme

Zishan Alvi, who co-owned Laboratory A in Chicago, allegedly submitted false reimbursement claims for tests that were never performed.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Report finds Black children hurt the most by COVID

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Brain similarities for long COVID, chronic fatigue

AAP

BBC 'fact checked' by Twitter over covid pandemic's mental health impact

Thousands of people quoted the tweet to say they disagreed with the study's findings and to share their own experiences

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France donates 1m new Moderna doses

Another batch of just over one million doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine from the French government was handed over to Thailand yesterday.

Bangkok Post

Mobilise to fight PM2.5

PM2.5 dust pollution appears to be worse. Not only worse than during almost three years of the Covid-19 pandemic but in previous years as well.

Chicago Sun-Times

As SNAP recipients see reduction in funds, Chicago residents make adjustments: ‘I make do’

Starting this month, recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will see a decrease in their benefits after a coronavirus pandemic-era funding boost ended.

Daily Mirror

E-bikes and berries are favourite for consumers as cigarettes are smoked out, data shows

The ONS says the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the basket has faded from Brits’ shopping habits this year as officials reveal 2023 Basket of Goods and Services

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Griffith University researchers identify similar brain structure changes in both chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID

World-first research being conducted in Queensland has identified a link between chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID.

Zenger

Like The Black Death, Rats Can Carry COVID-19, Study Says

This is one of the first studies to show SARS-CoV-2 variants can cause infections in the wild rat populations in a major cities

Zenger

Suicide Has Rose Substantially Among Young People During The COVID-19 Pandemic

They found that depression and anxiety symptoms doubled in children as suicide attempts among young people rose substantially

The Conversation

'Very few companies are open for international students': South Asian graduates say they need specific support to find jobs

International students are a hugely important part of Australia’s university system and its economy. In 2019, before COVID, international education was worth about A$40.3 billion to the Australian economy.

Tribune News Service

Rate of sudden unexplained infant deaths among Black babies skyrocketed in 2020, study finds

While the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the U.S. in 2020, the nationwide rate of sudden unexplained infant deaths remained steady — except among Black babies, according to a study released Monday.

Tribune News Service

Report finds Black children hurt the most by COVID

The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on Black and other children of color, leading to higher rates of severe cases, hospitalizations and deaths caused by social and economic factors, a new report finds.

Daily Mirror

Man who urged followers to take daily dose of veterinary-grade ivermectin found dead

Danny Lemoi was taking veterinary-grade ivermectin for more than a decade and his followers believed it was a cure for almost every disease and even gave it to their children - but he has been found dead

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