The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

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 · Mar 9, 2023

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 · Mar 9, 2023

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 · Mar 9, 2023

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 · Mar 9, 2023

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 · Mar 9, 2023

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 · Mar 9, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2023

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.

Bangkok Post · Mar 8, 2023

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 Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

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…

The Conversation · Mar 8, 2023