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WHO: COVID disruption resulted in 63,000 more malaria deaths

The coronavirus pandemic interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deaths and 13 million more infections

The Independent UK

The Tylenol shortage, explained

There is a shortage of children's analgesic medicine – but not for the reasons you might think

Salon

Oil Rebounds on Optimism over China's Revamp of COVID Protocols

Oil prices rebounded on Thursday amid optimism over China's easing of anti-COVID measures, recouping losses after slumping to the lowest levels so far this year in the previous session. Brent crude futures rose $1 or 1.3% at $78.17 per barrel by 0750 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Education secretary Gillian Keegan urges teachers not to strike as pupils missed ‘enough’ learning in pandemic

A Cabinet minister on Thursday urged teachers not to strike and hit children’s education which suffered so much during the Covid pandemic.

Evening Standard

Malaysian ex-premier facing investigation

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s anti-graft agency will summon former premier Muhyiddin Yassin and two of his former cabinet ministers for questioning about alleged misappropriation of 600 billion ringgit (US$136 billion) in public funds for tackling the pandemic.

Bangkok Post

Congress' Lame-Duck Legislators Want To Spend Money Like We're Still in a Pandemic

It's especially outrageous when considering the billions of dollars in fraud that took place thanks to COVID-19 relief programs.

Reason

Warning winter at Nottingham hospitals may be 'more challenging than the pandemic'

Strikes and waiting lists are among the issues facing the NHS across the country. Nottingham health leaders have now expressed their fears for the coming months.

Nottingham Post

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The Number Of Syphilis Cases Is Rising Faster Than Other STIs So Here’s What To Look Out For

The number of syphilis cases detected in Australia is on the rise despite an overall drop in STIs over the last couple of years.

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CDC head asks for COVID-19 funding, data as Hill interest fades

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is running out of ways to be creative with its limited pandemic funds and needs more flexibility from Congress, Director Rochelle Walensky told CQ Roll Call in an exclusive interview Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

NHS boss warns of ‘tough winter’ ahead as flu cases rise

Professor Sir Stephen Powis was knighted for services to the NHS, particularly during the pandemic.

The Independent UK

1 COVID-19 Stock That's Still a Buy and 1 That's Not

Covid cases continue to get registered to date, and the Biden administration is attempting to allocate more funding to address the pandemic. While investors should consider buying quality COVID-19 stock Pfizer (PFE), we think Teladoc Health (TDOC) might be best avoided now, considering its weak fundamentals. Keep reading….

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Why some Texas cities and counties had to return millions of dollars meant to help renters during the pandemic

For some local relief programs, a lack of staffing, political support and effective community outreach got in the way of spending federal funds to prevent evictions, a new report found. More than $30 million went unspent and had to be returned.

The Texas Tribune

About 1 in 9 Los Angeles students will attend extra learning days. What happened?

LOS ANGELES — A signature $123 million Los Angeles school district plan to help students struggling with pandemic-related learning setbacks by offering extra school days has failed to attract widespread participation, with about 1 in 9 students signing up.

Los Angeles Times

DWP legacy claimants can live stream court appeal on backdated £1,500 Universal Credit payments

The challenge has been taking place in the Court of Appeal. It could set a precedent for everyone who missed out on the uplift during the Covid pandemic

Nottingham Post

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Millennials turn 41 this year, but some are still stuck at home living with their parents

One in eight millennials were forced to move home with their parents in 2022. Many couldn't afford rising rent prices.

The Guardian - AU

Syphilis cases rise in Australia despite fall in testing for STIs during pandemic

Covid-19 resulted in a drop in chlamydia and gonorrhoea diagnoses, the Kirby Institute says, but worrying increase in syphilis

The Conversation

China could face a catastrophic COVID surge as it lifts restrictions – here’s how it might play out

China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also sought to eliminate COVID entirely earlier in the pandemic. But all eventually abandoned this approach because of the mounting social and economic costs and the…

Tribune News Service

Much of the CDC is working remotely. That could make changing the agency difficult

ATLANTA — Earlier this year, top leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a monumental task: turning the sprawling, labyrinthine organization known for its highly specialized, academically focused scientific research into a sleek, flexible public health response agency primed to serve the American public. It’s an attempt…

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Reuters

Tourists 'think twice' about Indonesia following criminal code revisions

Indonesia's decision to outlaw cohabitation and sex outside of marriage may hurt the tourism industry in Bali, travelers and businesses said, just as the island destination gets back on its feet after the COVID pandemic.

Reuters

Emerging from the COVID pandemic, again

For much of the world, 2022 marked the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reason

Drug Shortages? Ham-Handed Pandemic Interventions Deserve Much of the Blame

You can’t turn lives and economies off and on without inflicting lingering harm.

Fortune

A 20% home price crash? These 7 forecast models can see it—where the other 13 leading models have the 2023 housing market going

Where 20 leading forecasters foresee home prices going in 2023.

Los Angeles Times

Best of 2022: The biggest art stories mattered more than soup thrown on a Van Gogh

LOS ANGELES — The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but museum and gallery exhibitions are getting back on track. Rather than write the usual list of 10 best shows, I'm sharing these 10 art stories that caught my eye this year.

Los Angeles Times

The 10 best TV shows (and 3 best dance sequences) of 2022

This year was supposed to be the year that television nosedived into a creative slump. Worriers theorized that the darkest days of the pandemic had disrupted so many productions that there'd be nothing left worth watching by the time 2022 rolled around: Think of it as the entertainment equivalent of…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Geisha masquerade

Geiko and maiko in face masks pass the time in their sajiki box seats before the start of a kabuki show on Monday at Minamiza Theatre in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. As part of the annual "Kagai Soken" event, in which geisha from Kyoto's five hanamachi geisha districts watch kabuki to…

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