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School attendance rates are dropping. We need to ask students why

Today federal and state education ministers are meeting to talk about school attendance. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has repeatedly flagged this as a key concern. As he told Channel 7’s Sunrise last week:

The Conversation

Is there a vaccine for RSV or respiratory syncytial virus? After almost 60 years, several come at once

You might not have heard of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. But it caused more than 100,000 global deaths in 2019, making it a leading cause of death in children under one year old.

The Conversation

It's been 3 years since COVID entered New Zealand -- here are 3 ways to improve our response

February 28 marks three years since COVID was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since then there have been major advances in our understanding of this infection and the tools and strategies to combat it.

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Energy Department believes lab leak was most likely the source of COVID, report says

A laboratory leak was the most likely origin of the COVID-19 virus, according to findings by the U.S. Energy Department, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Tribune News Service

Inside each part of a Greater Manchester NHS hospital - and what's wrong with it

Helena Vesty tours Greater Manchester's hospitals and shares how NHS leaders think each service is faring as the NHS continues to face immense pressure

Manchester Evening News

Covid-19 likely came from lab leak, says news report citing US energy department

Updated finding comes with ‘low confidence’ and is a departure from previous studies on how virus emerged, Wall Street Journal reports

The Guardian - US

Casinos and consulting? Pandemic spurs tribes to diversify

Hit hard by COVID-19 shutdowns, Native American tribes with casinos are taking a closer look at diversifying their portfolios to help keep their sovereign nations economically strong for future generations

The Independent UK

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Target single men to counter new Covid-19 variants, health survey of more than 45,000 people reveals

It is almost three years since the World Health Organisation characterised the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Working at breakneck speed, scientists managed to produce effective vaccinations in record time. The subsequent mass production of vaccines and their rollout by governments have enabled most of us to resume our daily…

The Conversation

Excess deaths in Ireland at highest level since start of Covid-19 pandemic

The figures compiled by the European Commission provide a general measure of the impact of a health crisis on mortality rates

Irish Mirror

Hotel chain of billionaire who wants to buy Manchester United 'netted £3.1million in Covid grants'

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is the founder of chemicals giant Ineos

Manchester Evening News

Mum locked herself and son, 10, in house for three years to wait out Covid pandemic

Police, who were forced to break down the door to enter the house in India's Haryana state, were stunned to find huge piles of garbage made up of clothes, hair and empty grocery packets above a thick layer of dirt covering all surfaces

Daily Mirror

Gambling hub Macau drops COVID mask mandate for most locations

Authorities in Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, said on Sunday they would drop COVID 19-related mask requirements for most locations, except for public transportation, hospitals and a handful of other areas.

Reuters

China’s flu infections are on the rise as COVID-19 ebbs

China’s flu infections rose while COVID-19 cases continued to drop from a December peak after the nation eased pandemic restrictions.

Tribune News Service

Thailand’s missing monkeys: why did hundreds of rhesus macaques vanish from a temple?

Police in Loei trying to determine if the animals migrated or were taken as part of a trafficking operation

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Reducing Long COVID symptoms via diet

If you're feeling particularly fatigued by Long COVID, there are some diet changes to implement that could help

Daily Mirror

Fury as shameless Matt Hancock sets up his own TV company while still a serving MP

The MP got a taste for television when he was paid £320,000 to appear on ITV's I'm a Celebrity and will also appear on Celebrity: SAS Who Dares Wins late this year

WEKU

FDA authorizes the first at-home test for COVID-19 and the flu

The at-home nasal swab kit simultaneously tests for COVID-19 and two strains of the flu.

The Guardian - US

US agency to reverse Covid-19 policy for frequently abused prescription drugs

Patients using Adderall, OxyContin and other medicines with ‘high potential for abuse’ will be required to physically visit a doctor

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Billionaire Manchester United bidder's hotel chain netted £3m in public Covid grants

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Lime Wood Group Ltd got huge aid during the Covid pandemic but the businessman is worth £6.075billion, according to 2022 Sunday Times Rich list

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Catching COVID may increase chances of developing an autoimmune disease, study says

A coronavirus infection may make it more likely for someone without an autoimmune disease to develop at least one in the months after the infection subsides, new research suggests.

The Guardian - UK

From Piltdown Man to anti-vaxxers ... What science’s worst hoaxes can teach us

Covid disinformation prompts Royal Society to consider ways of countering forgeries and falsehoods

The Independent UK

FDA authorises first ever flu-Covid home test

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease

Inverse

Camel and Shark Blood Could Help Treat Elusive Human Diseases

Scientists hope to harness them as treatments for ills from cancer to Covid, for tracking cells in the body, and more.

Chicago Sun-Times

Teen mental health is in a sad state

The COVID pandemic was rough on everybody. Fear and sorrow were ubiquitous, and not just among high school girls.

Bristol Post

Tiny Bristol pub with a famous cheese night being 'killed' by work from home culture

It's been a pub for near two centuries but it's being "killed" by the lack of office workers

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