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A ‘tripledemic’ hitting kids across the country has some people blaming ‘immunity debt.’ But experts say that’s misguided—and even damaging

“I don’t necessarily like ‘immunity debt’ becoming a coined phrase,” Dr. Sarah Combs, an emergency medicine doctor at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., told Fortune.

Fortune

'I wouldn’t have got a look in under Joe!' - Jamison Gibson-Park on how Covid changed everything

The scrum-half took the time out during the pandemic to plan his rise and is now Leinster and Ireland's first choice no 9

Irish Mirror

Asia-Pacific leaders condemn war, renew calls for open trade

Leaders from around the Asia-Pacific are wrapping up a summit in Bangkok, Thailand, with talks on how to steer the region's economies through the turmoil of war, pandemics and other threats to peace and stability

The Independent UK

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How Thailand put COVID-19 in the past for APEC’s future

The top priority for APEC in 2022 has been recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosting the cooperation this year, Thailand plotted a course forward for APEC economies in the post-COVID-19 era, acknowledging that the resumption of trade, commerce and investment was dependent on continued containment of the virus and proper…

Bangkok Post

California recovers pandemic job losses amid economic woes

California has officially recovered all of the 2.7 million jobs it lost at the start of the pandemic

The Independent UK

Trump’s racist rhetoric was blamed for a 145% rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. Now he’s at it again

Ex-president’s attacks against his former transport secretary and the governor of Virginia recall the kind of racist language he used during the Covid pandemic, John Bowden writes

The Independent UK

Public buildings in England and Wales likely to get 15%-20% tax rises next year

Business rates revaluation likely to hit hospitals and colleges, while big banks and department stores such as Harrods benefit

The Guardian - UK

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Tips for Thanksgiving travelers who will face pre-pandemic levels of congestion at airports and on roadways

AAA forecasts about 2.7 million Thanksgiving travelers in Illinois. And yes, pie can be carried aboard airplanes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Young people without access to a computer had poorer mental health during the pandemic

Adolescents (young people aged between 10 and 24) are particularly vulnerable to developing mental health disorders. Essentially this is because our brains are not fully developed until the end of adolescence. These mental illnesses that start in adolescence can then continue well into adulthood.

The Conversation

Gifted Edinburgh family battles through pandemic to run booming wedding business

This well-respected local catering company has “a passion for great food” and has catered a record breaking number of weddings in the past year.

Edinburgh Live

Doctors often miss depression symptoms for certain groups – a routine screening policy for all adult primary care patients could significantly reduce the gap

Depression is a costly and debilitating condition that profoundly influences a person’s quality of life. In 2020, more than 21 million adults in the U.S. reported having at least one major depressive episode in the previous year. Depression symptoms increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now affect nearly 1…

The Conversation

She lost four fingers in a car crash. It hasn’t stopped her from creating beautiful sidewalk art

Rebecca LaFlure said she began sidewalk chalking during the pandemic as a way to get out of the house with her then-toddler daughter.

Chicago Sun-Times

Don't mind playing few extra games due to lost opportunities in COVID times: Ish Sodhi

WELLINGTON: The cramped international calendar has been under the lens for some time now but senior New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi doesn't mind playing a few extra games to compensate for the matches he lost out on during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Times of India

Schools struggle to staff up for youth mental health crisis

Despite an influx of COVID-19 relief money, school districts across the country have struggled to staff up to address students’ mental health needs that have only grown since the pandemic hit

The Independent UK

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Mass public health specialist layoffs

As COVID-19 funds run out, the majority of 4,000 public health specialist contractors are being laid off

Caixin Global

Xi Says China Might Hold Belt and Road Forum Next Year

The conference dedicated to the country’s global trade and infrastructure initiative hasn’t taken place since before the pandemic

Axios

CDC: Home births surged during pandemic

The research is the latest insight into the pandemic’s indirect impact on maternal health at a time when hospitals were grappling with how to stave off an unknown disease.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The right wing gets its knives out for California's new medical misinformation law

Painfully aware of how attacks on COVID vaccines and anti-pandemic policies have undermined public health, California enacted a law this year that makes spreading medical misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic grounds for revoking a doctor's license.

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Editorial: Order and the border: Judge is right to strike down Title 42 policy, but challenges loom

At last, a federal judge has articulated a fact that’s been in plain view for years: The Trump administration’s implementation of the so-called Title 42 order, expelling migrants without due process, had little to do with pandemic control and everything to do with blocking their legal right to seek asylum.…

Daily Record

Plea to reopen Dumfries and Galloway's cottage hospitals

Four facilities across the region have been closed since they were mothballed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic

The Guardian - UK

There is a hidden epidemic of missed cancer cases – here’s how we save lives now

With up to a million missed diagnoses across Europe as a result of the pandemic, it’s time to put cancer back on the agenda, says Edinburgh University chair of global public health Prof Devi Sridhar

Reuters

Vietnam jails dissident for eight years over Facebook posts

A Vietnamese court on Friday jailed a dissident for eight years for anti-state activities after he posted on social media commentary critical of the Communist Party and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Reuters

Xi says China to consider holding Belt & Road Forum in 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China would consider hosting the third Belt Road Forum for International Cooperation next year, which would be the first staging of the event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s no protection’: South Africa faces Covid legacy of sex for money

HIV infections and pregnancies are on the increase among young women, after many resorted to transactional sex to survive during the pandemic

Bangkok Post

Radisson Hotel Group steps up to sustainability and the new normal of travel

Radisson Hotel Group (RHG) is continuing its journey to sustainability aligned with its commitment to be Net-Zero by 2050 while also synchronising with new tourism trends in the post pandemic era.

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