The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

Lisa Jarvis: An urgently needed TB shot could democratize vaccines

Tuberculosis surrendered the title of the world’s deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19 struck, but it reclaimed that terrible distinction last year. As with COVID, a new vaccine could go a long way to sharply curtailing the disease, which killed about 1.4 million people a year before the pandemic and increased…

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2023

'I held my little sister's hand as she died cuddling her favourite childhood toy'

Catrin Rhiannon Rees's spiralled during the pandemic, her devastated family say

Manchester Evening News · Mar 25, 2023

Sage warned Independent Sage its name would cause confusion, says Vallance

Chief scientist told former incumbent Sir David King the similarity would lead to mixed messaging

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023

Freedom of the press in Jordan: Journalists and activists battle censorship

Twelve years ago, young people took to the streets calling for constitutional reforms in Jordan. But the March 24 youth movement fizzled out. Following the return to state of emergency legislation imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the authorities issued new laws that can be used to silence journalists…

France 24 · Mar 24, 2023

Put entrepreneurs front and centre to revive global economy post-pandemic

Entrepreneurship brings jobs, turns ideas into new goods and services, and hastens structural change

Birmingham Post · Mar 24, 2023

Sturgeon opens £33m NHS treatment centre in final engagement as First Minister

The National Treatment Centre in Kirkcaldy, Fife, is intended to address the backlog of planned care exacerbated by the pandemic.

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023

The COVID-19 Pandemic Permanently Damaged Property Rights

Officials used the crisis to impose policies they already supported but couldn't get through the normal legislative process, like bans on evictions.

Reason · Mar 24, 2023

‘We nearly broke the system’: Hospitals face staff exodus, violence three years into pandemic

Three years after COVID struck, Chicago area hospitals struggle with staff exodus and patient violence in a brave new medical world.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 24, 2023

We asked Chicagoans how the pandemic changed their lives. Here’s what they said.

Also: What was the last thing you did before Illinois’ enacted the shelter-in-place order? And: What lessons have you taken from the COVID pandemic?

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 24, 2023

SNAP recipients will see a cut in food benefits starting this month

During the pandemic, Texans received extra money on their Lone Star cards through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, also known as food stamps. That extra money ends this month.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 24, 2023