The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

Lake District hotel and spa hits the market for almost £4m

The hotel has not fully traded since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

Birmingham Post · Jun 16, 2023

Editorial: The classroom can be stressful. Now Missouri is fining teachers who want to leave?

The pandemic and its aftermath have taken a terrible toll on the teaching profession across the country, and Missouri is no exception to the rule. That’s why the state last year set up a Blue Ribbon Commission to figure out how to attract and retain teachers. The commission meets again…

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023

Commentary: LA and other cities are recovering, but not their downtowns. Why?

A fiscal “doom loop.” A transit “death spiral.” The “office apocalypse.” Since the traumatic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, these pessimistic terms have been applied repeatedly to the state of our cities. Analysis of Census data from my Brookings Institution colleague William Frey found that from 2020 to 2021, during…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 16, 2023

Ride-share drivers find ways to survive COVID downturn

The COVID-19 pandemic decimated the incomes of Indonesian motorbike and car drivers working for ride-sharing apps. But they found creative ways to survive.

360info · Jun 16, 2023

Interview: Super Formula's vision for an international future

With the COVID-19 pandemic finally in the rear-view mirror and Japan opening itself up to the world again, Super Formula's quest to achieve a more international following has returned to the top of the championship's agenda.

Motorsport · Jun 16, 2023

Aussie gambling rates rebound to pre-pandemic levels

Gambling levels in Australia that dropped during the height of COVID-19 restrictions have returned to pre-pandemic levels, a study has revealed.

The New Daily · Jun 15, 2023

Delta to resume dividend payouts, with CARES Act restrictions lifted

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines announced it will pay a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share to stock owners, its first such payment since it suspended dividends at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2023

Billionaires are being demoted to millionaires in most of the world’s 15 wealthiest countries

Billionaires fared well during the pandemic, but they're losing a bit of speed. Here are the countries where three-quarters of them live.

Fortune · Jun 15, 2023

Pandemic linked to diabetes in pregnancy

Psychological stress and changes in prenatal care could be to blame for a jump in gestational diabetes cases

Salon · Jun 15, 2023

UK post-Covid plan will not keep public safe, expert tells inquiry

David Alexander of UCL says new framework merely ‘an attempt to tinker with the system’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023