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Trump’s cruel calculus on public health

Blaming COVID to defund public health isn’t about bookkeeping. It’s about whose lives matter enough to fund

Salon · Apr 2, 2025

A new COVID variant is on the rise. Here’s what to know about LP.8.1

More than five years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we’re still facing the regular emergence of new variants of the virus, SARS-CoV-2.

The Conversation · Apr 1, 2025

MPs deliver warning over DCMS chase to recoup tens of millions in Covid loans

There remains a ‘high degree of uncertainty’ over whether tens of millions of pounds paid to rugby union clubs and other sports teams during the Covid-19 pandemic will ever be repaid, the Public Accounts Committee has warned

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025

How viruses blur the boundaries of life

When people talk about the coronavirus, they sometimes describe this invisible entity as if it has a personality and even a conscience. If you ask a biology or medical student what a virus is, they will tell you that a virus is not a living organism, or at most that…

The Conversation · Mar 31, 2025

Women put off cycling by safety fears and intimidating drivers – study

Research by Cycling UK finds female cyclists report more threatening incidents, as well as a lack of infrastructure

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2025

Morgan Wallen slammed after walking off SNL stage before the show ends: ‘Zero self control’

The singer was a music guest on this weekend’s episode, which was hosted by Mikey Madison

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2025

Biotech group warns exit of top FDA vaccine official will ‘erode scientific standards’

Rare admonition from a sector that has largely been silent in the face of the second Trump administration

The Guardian - US · Mar 30, 2025

The week in TV: This City Is Ours; Love and Loss: The Pandemic 5 Years On; The Studio; The Change – review

Sean Bean plays a scouse drug lord in a superior gangland drama. Elsewhere, a poignant portrait of Covid’s aftermath, Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire, and the return of Bridget Christie’s out-there menopause comedy

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025

Mathematician Adam Kucharski: ‘Our concepts of what we can prove are shifting’

The epidemiologist who advised on Ebola and Covid discusses the value of evidence in light of AI and social media, and how the notion of fact has long been divisive

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2025

OPINION - I left London for the country — and it changed everything I thought I knew about both places

Five years ago, as the reality of Covid lockdown set-in, the grass really did start to look greener outside London.

Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2025