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Public school enrollment dropped by 1.2M during the pandemic – an expert discusses where the students went and why it matters

Student learning took a big hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Just how much is only becoming clear nearly three years after the World Health Organization declared the pandemic and nearly all U.S. public schools pivoted to online instruction for at least several months in March 2020.

The Conversation

'The Last of Us' Episode 2 Star Christine Hakim on that Bombshell of an Opening Scene

In 'The Last of Us' Episode 2, Indonesian actress Christine Hakim made a shattering impact, setting the HBO show apart from other video game adaptations.

Inverse

A secret weapon in preventing the next pandemic: Fruit bats

More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic.

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DWP to close 20 Jobcentres, including three in London

No staff will be laid off as Government closes temporary offices it created during the pandemic

Evening Standard

‘Significant increase’ in number of grown-up children living with parents

The Office for National Statistics said the coronavirus pandemic may have contributed by affecting people’s place of usual residence on Census Day.

The Independent UK

Majority of COVID deaths attributed to older people: WHO analysis

80% of the COVID deaths occurred among people aged more than 60 years, an analysis of the COVID pandemic, which was first detected in Wuhan, China has found and stressed on the importance of vaccine coverage for older people.

The Times of India

Covid memorials could soon be placed in borough's towns

Over 1,000 people died of coronavirus in Sefton during the pandemic

Liverpool Echo

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Killings of women rise by a quarter in wake of Covid

198 women were killed, almost all by men, in the 12 months to the end of March last year - up nearly a quarter on previous year

Evening Standard

An ancient art form got a new twist from this engineering student, 7,000 miles from his home in China

PHILADELPHIA -- Drexel University engineering student Teng Zhang took up Chinese calligraphy recently, seeking a connection with family members in China whom he has not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Faye Flam: Bird flu outbreak is a wake-up call for agriculture

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread through mammals and is ominously appearing among wild and domesticated animals around the globe. In the past, the inability to spread…

Tribune News Service

WHO warns 'we must prepare' for bird flu pandemic if mammal strain jumps to humans

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged world leaders to be vigilant and monitor bird flu cases in mammals after the disease was found to have spread to otters

Daily Mirror

Technology can bring more tourists back to Indonesia – but first we need a map to guide us

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world and has been devastating for human life. Global tourism collapsed as tourist arrivals decreased by 71% in 2021.

The Conversation

The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school

Hundreds of thousands of students who have dropped off public school rolls since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are unaccounted for

The Independent UK

Millions of mental health patients ‘facing NHS delays or missing out’

Auditors said NHS mental health services ‘are under continued and increasing pressure’, with many users are reporting poor experiences

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Another economic indicator defying predictions? Bankruptcies fell again last year

The economic lessons of the pandemic's flash recession, jobs comeback and inflation overshoot are still being studied.

The Independent UK

Millions ‘face waits for NHS mental health treatment, or miss out’

Auditors said NHS mental health services ‘are under continued and increasing pressure’, with many users are reporting poor experiences.

Daily Mirror

Student nurse applications tumble by almost a third since height of Covid pandemic

Just 33,570 people applied to a UK nurse undergraduate course by the January deadline, down from 41,220 in 2022 and 46,040 in 2021

Chicago Sun-Times

Office occupancies are picking up in Chicago, but the comeback is slow

For the first time since the pandemic began, data from Kastle security systems show that 50% of staff are checking in at Chicago offices, but work-from-home is still popular.

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Bangkok Post

Time to prepare for the next health emergency

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and lack of preparedness of health systems globally. When the virus was at its peak, many low- and middle-income countries struggled to save lives while sustaining essential medical services such as maternal health care, routine childhood immunisation, and the treatment of non-communicable diseases.

Bangkok Post

Thai air conditioner market set to recover

B.Grimm Carrier (Thailand), the marketer of Carrier air conditioners, expects Thailand's overall air-conditioner industry to resume growth of 5-10% in 2023, after three years of contraction during the pandemic.

The Conversation

The pandemic played into ageist stereotypes, but intergenerational contact and co-operation can overcome them

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, stringent public health regulations were imposed to protect vulnerable individuals, with older people seen as a particularly vulnerable group.

Belfast Live

Concerns over future of dentistry in Northern Ireland amid NHS exodus into private sector

Many patients say they have been unable to find any available dentists to treat them

The Guardian - UK

Dragons’ Den star’s lingerie and stationery chains warn of doubts over finances

Theo Paphitis owns Boux Avenue and Ryman, which face ‘material uncertainty’ about remaining going concerns

WEKU

Zoom is the latest tech firm to announce layoffs, and its CEO will take a 98% pay cut

Zoom, a hallmark of pandemic life, is laying off some 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce. CEO Eric Yuan said he and other executives will take pay cuts and forgo bonuses.

Fortune

'No one really wants to talk about COVID anymore,' the WHO's pandemic lead laments. But the 'worst case' possibility of a new coronavirus exists

“Omicron can cause severe disease” and “is not nature’s vaccine,” experts warned, raising concerns that evolution could produce a more dangerous variant—or a new coronavirus altogether.

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