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Live Easter reenactments resume in the Philippines despite Catholic Church objections

The real-life reenactments in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province north of Manila resumed after a three-year pause because of the coronavirus pandemic.

WEKU

Talented young musicians shine at West Lothian Spring Concert Showcase

The concert returned for the first time since the pandemic

Daily Record

Kraken seize ‘great opportunity’ and clinch playoff berth at Climate Pledge Arena

SEATTLE — Exactly three years ago this week, a pandemic-generated holding pattern was keeping the entity that eventually became the Seattle Kraken from having a team name, logo, home arena and season ticket holders to fill it with.

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Without other pandemic precautions, hospital mask rules didn't stop COVID spread, study finds

In a world moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and medical offices have been the last bastions of mandatory masking. But new research finds that in communities where pandemic precautions have been largely abandoned, mask mandates in healthcare settings do little to prevent coronavirus infections among patients.

Los Angeles Times

57% say Japan now handling COVID well

According to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey, 57% of respondents believe that Japanese society is handling the novel coronavirus well, surpassing the number who disagreed for the first time since the pandemic began.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

13-year-old son of Rebekah Jones, whistleblower who clashed with Gov. DeSantis, is arrested over memes

MIAMI — The 13-year-old son of a controversial whistleblower who accused the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis of suppressing state data on the severity of the COVID pandemic in Florida was arrested this week on charges that he made “terrorist” threats on the internet.

Miami Herald

China must share data on COVID-19's origins 'immediately,' WHO scientist demands

The World Health Organization's COVID-19 technical lead is calling for China to release all its data related to the pandemic's origins.

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DeSantis lays out Florida as blueprint for Republican success in Michigan speech

MIDLAND, Mich. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted recent GOP victories in the sunshine state as a roadmap for national Republican wins as he spoke Thursday to a packed crowd of Michigan Republicans.

Tribune News Service

Tapestry celebrating refuse collectors to go on show in National Portrait Gallery

Michael Armitage’s work will hang alongside high-profile figures in new gallery when NPG reopens in June

The Guardian - UK

IMF Sees Global Growth Below 3% in 2023

The International Monetary Fund expects global economic growth to dip below 3% in 2023 and to remain around 3% for the next five years, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in prepared remarks on Thursday. That is the global lender's lowest medium-term growth forecast since 1990, and well below the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Global economy heading for weakest growth since 1990, says IMF boss

Kristalina Georgieva says slowdown last year after Covid pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine could persist for five years

The Guardian - UK

Man who weighed 32 stone now looks completely different

Mark Stephen began his weight loss journey at the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020

Manchester Evening News

America's roads are more dangerous, as police pull over fewer drivers

The fatality rate on America's roads remains higher than before the pandemic, and some blame the increase on less traffic policing.

WEKU

Michael Hiltzik: America's decline in life expectancy speaks volumes about our problems

Years of widening economic inequality, compounded by the pandemic and political storm and stress, have given Americans the impression that the country is on the wrong track. Now there's empirical data to show just how far the country has run off the rails: Life expectancies have been falling.

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Editorial: How Medicaid purge will hurt Floridians

The federal government’s temporary expansion of Medicaid during the pandemic helped millions of Floridians weather the public health crisis. With that coverage ending, Florida needs to carefully draw down the rolls, ensuring that those eligible continue to receive uninterrupted care, that health providers don’t suffer financial shock and that community…

The National (Scotland)

Would Margaret Ferrier's constituents remove her as their MP?

FORMER SNP MP Margaret Ferrier is facing a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons after breaching Covid rules during the pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Moral education can help instill happiness in children

Moral and ethical education teaches our children to focus on the bigger picture, on being kind and giving to others. To combat today’s pandemic of depression and hopelessness, we need to take that message to heart.

Fortune

Workers are in the middle of 'post-traumatic growth,' says former USA Today editor-in-chief

The pandemic prompted post-traumatic growth that led us to rethink our careers, explaining the impetus behind quiet quitting and the Great Resignation.

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Salon

Remembering MLK amid infectious greed

King saw the labor movement as essential — and the No. 1 labor issue is the predatory healthcare system

Daily Mirror

Motorcycling wellbeing: The country's biggest training provider pledges to have mental health first aiders at each of its centres

Issues around mental health have been exasperated by the Covid pandemic and the numbers of people affected makes for concerning reading. Motorcycling can often be a fun, enjoyable and relaxing activity - but at other times it is stressful and can lead to problems. With that in mind, Phoenix Motorcycle…

Tribune News Service

Americans are working less than they were before the pandemic

Americans are spending less time working than they did before the pandemic. That’s good for many of them, but it’s not necessarily great for the inflation-fighting Federal Reserve.

Los Angeles Times

California population winners and losers: The fastest growing and shrinking counties

LOS ANGELES — A prison closed in Lassen County. College campuses welcomed students back in Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz counties, and thousands of new housing units were added in Yolo County.

Tribune News Service

Legislative themes emerge on upcoming pandemic reauthorization

WASHINGTON — The broad outlines of an upcoming debate over a pandemic preparedness reauthorization bill are beginning to emerge as regulators, policymakers and industry groups take stock of lessons learned from COVID-19.

The Conversation

The COVID pandemic risks lasting damage to adult social care

Three years have passed since the UK government implemented emergency legislation in response to the COVID pandemic. The Coronavirus Act 2020 made amendments to laws affecting many aspects of society, including the duties and powers incumbent on England’s local authorities to provide adult social care under the Care Act 2014.

France 24

Lockdowns, student pressure blamed for India's alarming rise in suicides

More than 160,000 people took their own lives in 2021 in India, an alarming increase of 7 percent on the previous year, according to a report released by the Home Ministry. Suicides were highest among students, self-employed people, daily wage earners and housewives. Experts say multiple lockdowns during the Covid-19…

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