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Rural seniors benefit from pandemic-driven remote fitness boom

MALMO, Minn. — Eight women, all 73 or older, paced the fellowship hall at Malmo Evangelical Free Church to a rendition of Daniel O’Donnell’s “Rivers of Babylon” as they warmed up for an hourlong fitness class.

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New Zealand's Ardern, an icon to many, to step down

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was praised around the world for her handling of the nation’s worst mass shooting and the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, said Thursday she was leaving office

The Independent UK

China reopening ‘not enough’ to power Thai growth to 4% in 2023

An upswing in tourism from China’s reopening will help boost Thailand’s economy, but isn’t sufficient to restore growth to pre-pandemic levels just yet, according to analysts.

Bangkok Post

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WA govt appoints COVID-19 review panel

An expert panel has been appointed to review the WA government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a final report expected in about six months.

AAP

North Korea pledges to revitalise economy after COVID ‘victory’

The secretive state claims ‘remarkable successes’ after upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Al Jazeera

North Korea calls for normalising factories, economy after COVID 'upheaval'

North Korea's parliament has outlined plans to normalise industrial production and meet its economic goals this year, despite the "worst-ever upheaval" amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2022, state media said on Thursday.

Reuters

The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics

Imagine it is 2030. Doctors in a regional hospital in country X note an expanding cluster of individuals with severe respiratory disease. Rapid whole-genome sequencing identifies the disease-causing agent as a novel coronavirus.

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LA film shoots dive 20% in final quarter of 2022 as production returns to 2019 levels

On-location filming in Los Angeles took a dive in the fourth quarter of last year as studios pared back movie and TV production that surged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

World's oldest person dies at 118 after surviving two World Wars and Covid-19 pandemic

She lived through the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 and in 2021 she shrugged off Covid with few symptoms

Irish Mirror

Microsoft, Amazon set to erase 28,000 jobs as tech slump deepens

Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc., two of the world’s biggest companies, began cutting a total of 28,000 jobs on Wednesday in a post-pandemic reckoning that has left almost no tech name unscathed.

Tribune News Service

NIH missing top leadership at start of a divided Congress

WASHINGTON — The departure of two key public health leaders at the National Institutes of Health has created vacancies some worry could present a hurdle to NIH’s agenda in the new Congress.

Tribune News Service

A guide to vegan non-toxic beauty

A recent analysis looks into a potential link between Covid 19 Vaccines and the Fast-going impacts of Botox. But is it true that the Covid 19 vaccine making your botox ware off faster? Well, last week Allure Magazine published an article on the same topic, having many regulars complaining about…

The Times of India

NIH missing top leadership at start of a divided Congress - Roll Call

Despite GOP criticism of handling of COVID-19, Collins and Fauci had long-standing relationships with lawmakers from both parties.

Roll Call

Looming pandemic deadline threatens access to some prescription drugs

Prescriptions for controlled substances would require an in-person visit.

Axios

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Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Food Stop, other pop-ups give downtown a jolt of neighborhood vibrancy

The pop-ups are examples of the creative forces put in play since the pandemic, as well as a mechanism that will ensure the vitality of Michigan Avenue.

Birmingham Post

WH Smith says travel business in 'strongest ever position'

Bosses at the Swindon-based retailer reported ‘significant’ rises in revenue at airports as global passenger numbers continue to increase after the Covid-19 pandemic

Daily Mirror

Single Claire Sweeney looking for 'financially secure man' after making £5k in lockdown

Former Brookside actress Claire Sweeney, 51, fell on hard times when the entertainment industry ground to a halt in the pandemic and she was forced to sell her $835,000 Mallorca holiday home

Daily Record

World's oldest person dies at 118 after surviving both World Wars and Covid pandemic

French nun Lucile Randon, who was also known as Sister André, passed away in her sleep at a nursing home in Toulouse yesterday.

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The Conversation

COVID may have enhanced many dads' involvement in parenting – our research shows why caregiving roles can last

Recent data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics suggests the COVID pandemic may have triggered a substantial rise in the number of stay-at-home dads across the country. One in nine stay-at-home parents were fathers in 2022, compared with one in 14 in 2019.

The Conversation

The Black Death may not have been spread by rats after all

The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Plague outbreaks in Europe then continued until the 19th century.

AAP

Qld lowers COVID-19 pandemic alert level

Queensland, which has emerged from a fourth wave of COVID-19, will cut its community alert level to green from amber.

Wales Online

Covid pandemic 'negatively affected' progress of 'most pupils' in Wales, says Welsh education chief

'Don’t for one minute think the effect of the pandemic is out of the system. There are years of recovery to come,' said head of Estyn, Owen Evans

Bangkok Post

Hotels struggling with staff shortage

Workers remain reluctant to return to the hospitality industry even though employee revenue from hotel service charges has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels, as Chinese travellers start to return to Thailand.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis wants his ban of COVID vaccine and mask mandates made permanent

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Touting his efforts to keep Florida’s economy open during the COVID-19 pandemic by banning mask and vaccine mandates, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he wants lawmakers to make those measures permanent, calling them a “prescription for freedom.”

Manchester Evening News

'I'm a teacher in Manchester and this is why I support the strikes'

The biggest teachers' union has announced there will be seven days of walkouts in February and March

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