The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Dalbeattie's Hardrock Challenge will go ahead thanks to team work

Thanks to a mammoth effort involving local foresters and Hardrock volunteers the storm damaged routes have been cleared.

Daily Record · Aug 19, 2022

As COVID vaccination rates stall, Philly mobile clinics find new purpose

PHILADELPHIA — Under a white tent about four blocks north of Temple Hospital, a nurse checked Robert White’s blood pressure, as cars and delivery trucks rumbled past.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 19, 2022

UK strikes: how industrial action at a major port could disrupt supplies of clothing, cars and canned food

The ability to move products from A to B has been affected by COVID and Brexit-related bottlenecks in recent years, as well as rising concerns about the environmental impact of how companies supply our goods. The unpredictability of global markets has continued to affect logistics in 2022. In addition to…

The Conversation · Aug 19, 2022

Lockdown backlog feared to be killing more than Covid

An official said circulatory diseases and diabetes ‘may be partly responsible’ for the majority of excess deaths

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2022

CPS still wants mandatory COVID-19 shots for kids but can’t require them unless state OKs that

Illinois requires K-12 students to provide proof of vaccination against a dozen diseases but not the coronavirus.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022

Covid study reveals how long you are infectious - even if symptoms are mild

Experts at Imperial College London found how long infectiousness is likely to last after catching Covid-19.

Daily Record · Aug 19, 2022

‘Most have thrown their hands up’: has the US forgotten about Covid?

As Americans go about their daily lives, severely affected Covid patients are wondering if others are moving too quickly from the worst days of the pandemic

The Guardian - US · Aug 19, 2022

Soaring MDF prices, extortionate interval drinks, cash-strapped audiences: the arts are staring inflation in the face

Just putting the lights on is staggeringly expensive. How many of our venues can survive this, asks Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

Kick off your spring wellness lift

Coughs, colds and COVID have plagued many Australians this winter and, with spring approaching, we’re all hoping to leave the germs behind.

The New Daily · Aug 19, 2022

Facebook Bans Major US Anti-vaccine Group

Facebook-owner Meta said Thursday it had kicked one of the most influential US anti-vaccination groups off the social media network for spreading Covid-19 misinformation. The Children's Health Defense (CHD), which has been a critic of Covid vaccines, immediately accused Meta of stifling its free speech rights, AFP said. "Facebook is…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 19, 2022