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Intellectual property waiver for COVID vaccines should be expanded to include treatments and tests

Global inequities in access to COVID vaccines have turned out to be a “catastrophic moral failure”, just as the World Health Organization warned they would in January 2021. Yet it took 20 months of negotiations for members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to agree to a limited relaxation of…

The Conversation

'Stealth workers’ lying to their bosses about where they work are costing companies tons of money

Workers are lying about being digital nomads, and it's coming at a cost: One boss estimated his loss at $500,000.

Fortune

Here’s how to stay healthy as respiratory illnesses spread this holiday season

DALLAS — The holidays are back to their pre-pandemic glories, with the airline industry already expecting record-breaking travel days. But your loved ones aren’t the only ones coming to town this season: A team of highly-contagious respiratory viruses may also visit, and they likely have no plans to leave anytime…

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From £1m new function suite to pandemic pizza delivery - hotel's pivot held up as model of resilience

Stallingborough Grange Hotel had only just opened new 250-seat standalone addition

Birmingham Post

‘The Crown’ Puts Both Diana, Camilla in Sympathetic Light

Controversy and debate surround season five of “The Crown,” but Elizabeth Debicki has largely been praised for her portrayal of Princess Diana. Debicki, best known for her work in the limited series “The Night Manager” and films including “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Tenet," said she prepared for the role…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Edinburgh private hire licence cap unlikely as trade 'decimated' during pandemic

A study found there is ‘little evidence’ of over-provision of private hire cars in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Live

Lexington Children's museum director has high goals for the downtown learning lab

Lexington’s Explorium Children’s Museum has been a downtown fixture for more than 30 years. Budget constraints followed by a pandemic led to a difficult period for the downtown facility.

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Ebola: Uganda's schools were closed for two years during COVID, now they face more closures -- something must change

Children in Uganda missed out on more school because of the COVID pandemic than their peers anywhere else in the world. An estimated 15 million pupils in the East African nation did not attend school for 83 weeks – that’s almost two years. Statistical models predict a learning deficit of…

The Conversation

Reclaim the Night protesters to march in Aberdeen after death of Scots mum walking home

Fiona Rennie, convenor for AWA said Jill's tragic death has had a major impact on the local community, with safety concerns further escalated by the Covid pandemic and lack of taxis.

Daily Record

No economic benefits from Brexit so far, David Davis admits

Former Brexit secretary blames Covid pandemic for lack of gains – six years after Leave vote

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas makes emotional admission about beloved son Mark

Strictly head judge Shirley Ballas, 62, reunited for the first time with her son Mark after they were kept apart for three years during the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror

Why Zoom could get pushed off screen

Pandemic-driven growth has given way to the usual startup problems, as bigger rivals incorporate Zoom's capabilities.

Axios

More Texans turn to home schooling after the pandemic showed them what learning outside of schools could be like

Some new home-schoolers disagree with how race and sex are taught at schools. Others cite safety concerns after the Uvalde shooting and poor academic outcomes.

The Texas Tribune

Former Jet2 worker and partner ran illegal black market baby scan clinic in lockdown

Teri Horton, 30, and David Jones, 35, have been convicted of running an illegal baby scan clinic during the pandemic, which put mothers-to-be and parents at "horrendous risk"

Daily Mirror

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Several Beijing Districts Shut Schools as China COVID Cases Rise

Students in schools across several Beijing districts buckled down for online classes on Monday after officials called for residents in some of its hardest-hit areas to stay home, as COVID cases in China's capital and nationally ticked higher. China is fighting numerous COVID-19 flare ups, from Zhengzhou in central Henan…

Dublin Live

Calls for Dublin Fire Brigade to get €1,000 Covid bonus

The Government promised to pay all public-facing healthcare workers a €1,000 for working through the pandemic

ABC News

Matthew Guy says Melbourne was the world's most locked-down city. Is that correct?

The Victorian Opposition says Melbourne has "the dubious distinction" of being locked up longer than any other city during the pandemic, but such comparisons are far from straightforward.

Bangkok Post

A showcase for the BCG model

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit offered a glimpse into how countries plan to deal with uncertainties post-pandemic as well as the Thai government's push towards a new economic model.

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'Accidental' homeschoolers are rising as some parents feel they have no choice but to withdraw their children

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated an already rising trend of "accidental" homeschoolers. Here's why some parents are deciding they have no choice but to home-educate.

Edinburgh Live

I'm A Celebrity stars vent their 'suspicions' about Matt Hancock as MP leaves camp

Hancock's late arrival in the jungle has left many of this year's stars on edge, with the disgraced Tory's handling of the Covid pandemic while health secretary still fresh in people's minds.

The Guardian - UK

Government ‘must not politicise Covid memorial plans’

Ministers warned not to put political spin on plans to commemorate UK’s experience of pandemic

The Conversation

Women are struggling to regain lost ground in the workforce after COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated social and economic inequalities between men and women in Canada.

The Guardian - UK

They said we would ‘build back better’ after Covid. What breathtaking deceit

Instead of rewarding us for our suffering, Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak are offering nothing but more hardship, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Tribune News Service

1 in 8 victims of gun violence taken to Baltimore-area hospitals is a child, a grim picture made worse by the coronavirus pandemic

BALTIMORE — Gunfire was so common in the block behind Mika Grant’s Northwest Baltimore home that she’d tell her children to avoid it. So when she heard dozens of shots one evening after her son had gone to the store, her heart sank.

Daily Mirror

NHS chief says staffing 'deteriorating' as health workers quit for jobs in warehouses

Matthew Taylor, boss of the NHS Confederation, said the staffing situation was 'deteriorating' in the run up to Christmas as workers leave health service jobs over pay

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