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Research shows rise in nicotine use during early COVID

Australia's nicotine consumption increased by 30 per cent in the early stages of the pandemic due to high stress and restrictions, researchers suggest.

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Three years into pandemic, it’s clear COVID won’t fix itself. This is what we need to focus on

On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organisation classified COVID-19 as a pandemic. Three years on, it remains just that. As much as we don’t want it to

The New Daily

Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college

Americans who came of age during the pandemic are skipping college in big numbers

The Independent UK

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Three years into the pandemic, it's clear COVID won't fix itself. Here's what we need to focus on next

On March 11 2020 the World Health Organization classified COVID as a pandemic. Three years on, it remains just that.

The Conversation

Lowe’s wins COVID lawsuit over unmasked customer who spat repeatedly in store

A Lowe’s shopper in California lost his appeal this month of a court ruling that dismissed his claim that Lowe’s workers should have intervened when another shopper repeatedly spat in his face during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Scotland’s National StartUp Awards finalists revealed

The second annual event has been organised to celebrate new businesses founded since the pandemic

Insider UK

Excess deaths during Covid pandemic nearly 10% higher than expected in Northern Ireland

NISRA has published a report on the excess mortality and Covid related deaths

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COVID poetry: how a new genre is helping readers to comprehend the pandemic

Research has shown that in the early months of the COVID pandemic people in the UK both reported reading more and used reading to cope with the anxieties brought on by sudden changes to their lifestyle.

The Conversation

More than 230,000 small businesses get free training to boost digital skills

Launched during the COVID-19 pandemic., the business.connected initiative has pledged to upskill the online capabilities of 800,000 SMEs

Wales Online

Revealed: Italian leaders tried to protect country’s image at start of pandemic

Messages accessed as part of inquiry show politicians also appeared to make light of cases

The Guardian - UK

Phone data, surveillance used to monitor San Jose church that violated COVID rules

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Newly unearthed court documents reveal a bevy of extraordinary surveillance measures Santa Clara County used in trying to prove a San Jose megachurch and its congregants were violating COVID rules at the height of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

A hearing on COVID’s origins spurs call for rules to curb risky virus research

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s top infectious disease official urged lawmakers during a hearing on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic to ban research that enhances a pathogen’s ability to spread or cause disease.

Tribune News Service

Golden Gaytimes cool and creamy for hot as debut

AS a covers band The Get Rich Quick Scheme developed such a reputation as a party act that their dancing crowd almost broke the floor of the Farmers Hotel in Vacy. Following a re-birth during the pandemic as originals band, The Golden Gaytimes, the Maitland retro rockers are hoping the…

Newcastle Herald

Covid’s effect on mental health not as great as first thought, study suggests

Pandemic resulted in ‘minimal’ changes in symptoms, according to review led by McGill University researchers

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Bangkok Post

Built To Build targets sales growth of 10%

The homebuilder Built To Build Group is conservatively aiming to grow its sales revenue by 10% to 1.2 billion baht this year, despite a promising surge during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Independent UK

Fauci says he ‘doesn’t know’ if Covid was from a Chinese lab leak

Comments come after FBI director told Fox News he thought it was pandemic’s ‘most likely’ explanation

The Conversation

Disputes over COVID's origins reveal an intelligence community in disarray. Here are 4 fixes we need before the next pandemic

A recent Wall Street Journal article reported on new, classified intelligence from the US Department of Energy about the origins of COVID. It concluded with “low confidence” that the pandemic may have been due to a lab leak in Wuhan, China, rather than a natural disease transmission from animal to…

Los Angeles Times

Woman serving life in prison for murder admits role in $2 million unemployment scam

LOS ANGELES — A woman serving life in prison for murder admitted Wednesday that she played a leading role in a scam by inmates and others to use stolen identities to secure state unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Newsroom.co.nz

Pandemic madness 'just a rehearsal'

A prophecy of the rabbit holes and disinformed thinking of climate change denialism to come

Evening Standard

Simon Case: how the ‘killjoy’ cabinet secretary threw his ex-boss Boris Johnson under the bus

The UK’s most senior civil servant, 44, has denied that anyone gave Johnson reassurances that the Covid rules were followed during Partygate — so what does this mean for his career? Katie Strick reports

Texas Observer

Millions of Texans Are About to Lose Their Health Insurance

An estimated 2.7 million Texans are at risk of losing their Medicaid insurance after the public health emergency expires on March 31.

The Independent UK

EU watchdog: Not enough safeguards on pandemic recovery fund

The European Union's financial watchdog is warning that insufficient checks and safeguards on how EU member countries spend a massive aid program designed to help them bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis are creating possibilities for fraud and mismanagement

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Carriage conveys ambassadors to meeting with Emperor

A horse-drawn carriage conveyed newly appointed foreign ambassadors to the Imperial Palace on Wednesday, resuming the practice after a three-year break due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Nottingham Post

DWP should introduce £25 weekly uplift to Universal Credit and legacy benefits, MPs say

Lib Dem and SNP MPs said the Government should reintroduce the uplift given to Universal Credit claimants during the pandemic

Chronicle Live

Dentists could be offered cash incentives to fill north Northumberland shortfall

Two practices in Berwick have closed since the pandemic

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