The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

Biden administration to end COVID public health emergency in May

Move would restructure federal response to treat virus as endemic public health threat, ending some government support.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2023

Greater Manchester's 'hidden army' of unemployed people lost in the cracks

Report reveals North-South divide in numbers of people classed as 'involuntarily inactive'

Manchester Evening News · Jan 31, 2023

U.S. to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11

President Joe Biden's administration on Monday said it will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, nearly three years after the United States imposed sweeping pandemic measures to curb the spread of the illness.

Reuters · Jan 30, 2023

Children lost one-third of a year's learning to COVID, new study shows – but we need to think about the problem differently

Children’s learning progress has slowed substantially during the pandemic, roughly equating to a loss of around 35% of the typical learning in a school year, according to a new study.

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2023

Why ‘Baby Zoomers’ (the youngest cohort of Gen Z) need our support now

Disenfranchisement and lack of hope — feelings felt by generations of teenagers. But the unique issues facing the latest set mean kids need our support like never before, finds Martin Robinson

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2023

Believe it or not, it's still officially a pandemic, the WHO says. Welcome to year 4 of COVID

In its report, however, the emergency committee concluded that the pandemic "may be approaching an inflexion point," and asked the WHO to research the implications of terminating the emergency status "in the coming months."

Fortune · Jan 30, 2023

The childcare crisis poses a $122 billion economic threat to the U.S.

The current childcare crisis has serious immediate and long-term economic ramifications for the U.S.

Fortune · Jan 30, 2023

As many work from home, office landlords roll out entertainment to entice tenants

As landlords struggle to get people back into office buildings that emptied during the pandemic, some are turning to entertainment and other enticements such as yoga classes to woo wary workers.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 30, 2023

Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2023: How to get tickets as full weekend line-up is confirmed

The Dundee festival’s line-up for Saturday and Sunday has been announced, and tickets for the event in May go on sale this week

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2023

COVID Made Us Sick, But Government Responses Crippled Our Liberty

Report author: “The COVID-19 pandemic was a catastrophe for human freedom.”

Reason · Jan 30, 2023