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5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response

This Friday, February 28, marks five years since COVID-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. At a population level, it remains our most harmful infectious disease, with thousands of hospitalisations and 664 deaths last year.

The Conversation

Is new bat coronavirus a concern to public health? What CDC has said

A new coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 capable of entering human cells through the same pathway as Covid-19 has been discovered by scientists at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. While the discovery may spark pandemic concerns, experts assure that the virus has only been found in laboratory studies and that the risk of…

The Times of India

The ‘lab-leak origin’ of Covid-19. Fact or fiction?

In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab leak was a top priority. The following day, The New York Times reported that the agency had shifted from an undecided stance to favoring a…

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Book Review: 'Air-borne' transforms scientific history into detective story

Carl Zimmer writes a history of aerobiology in “Air-borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe.”

The Independent UK

How is the new Wuhan coronavirus different from the old? Key differences between SARS-CoV-2 and HKU5-CoV-2

Five years after SARS-CoV-2 triggered a worldwide pandemic, leading to widespread devastation, another bat-borne coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 - a distant cousin of Covid-19 has been discovered in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. It has caused concern as the new bat coronavirus is capable of binding to the ACE2 reception in human…

The Times of India

Police may have been pandemic ‘super-spreaders’ according to union – inquiry

Scottish Government decisions to deprioritise frontline police during the vaccine rollout were branded ‘perverse’ and a ‘betrayal’, the inquiry heard.

Evening Standard

‘Crisis of school absenteeism’ affecting poorer pupils the most, new data suggests

Secondary school students still dealing with the impacts of the pandemic, charities warn

The Independent UK

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New Bat Coronavirus HKU5-Cov-2 Raises Pandemic Concerns

New bat coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 discovered in China shares similarities with SARS-CoV-2, highlighting zoonotic risks and the need for global preparedness.

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If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently

Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development

The Guardian - UK

Is another pandemic just around the corner? Chinese scientists discover a new bat coronavirus that can infect humans

A team of Chinese researchers have discovered a new bat coronavirus, named HKU5-CoV-2, that has the potential to infect humans, according to reports. This virus binds to the same receptor as SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Times of India

'History Will Not Forgive' Failure To Seal Pandemic Deal: WHO Chief

The head of the UN's health agency warned Friday that history would not forgive countries if they failed to strike a pandemic treaty at the last hurdle World Health Organization leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the comments with progress slow and time running out for the talks.

International Business Times

Problem behaviors in ‘pandemic puppies’ are impacting the relationship between owner and dog, new research suggests

Puppies who found homes over the COVID-19 pandemic faced unique challenges that could still be having an impact

PetsRadar

Private sector employment falling at fastest rate since the pandemic

Business survey points to very slow growth in output in February

Evening Standard

Haley Joel Osment thinks fire was a 'message' not to settle down

Haley Joel Osment thinks his house burning down in the Los Angeles wildfires last month was a sign not to settle down.

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The Independent UK

North Korea reopens to foreign tourists for first time since pandemic

Foreign visitors set to return to Rason Special Economic Zone this week as Pyongyang cautiously reopens borders

The Independent UK

Judge restricts defendants after witness tampering allegations surface in Minnesota food fraud case

A federal judge has ordered defendants in all upcoming cases stemming from a pandemic fraud case in Minnesota to stay away from her courtroom

The Independent UK

No increased risk to child of Covid-19 infection or vaccination in pregnancy

The study examined data from 25,000 children born during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Independent UK

US Postal Service head DeJoy to step down after 5 years marked by pandemic, losses and cost cuts

The head of the U.S. Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, says he intends to step down

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Woman & Home

Over 50s are happier now than before the pandemic, new study suggests

While depression is more common today than before the pandemic, researchers found people were 'happier' now

The Independent UK

Book Review: 'Disposable' a journey through the inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Journalist Sarah Jones chronicles the gaps in the nation's health care system and social safety net that were highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic in “Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass.”

The Guardian - UK

There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens

It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot

International Business Times

'Now Or Never' For Pandemic Accord, Says WHO Chief After US Pulls Out

The head of the World Health Organization insisted on Monday it was "now or never" to strike a landmark global accord on tackling future pandemics, despite the United States withdrawing from negotiations.

The Guardian - UK

Parents working from home is affecting school attendance, says Ofsted chief

Martyn Oliver says less office-going since pandemic has led to a shift in attitudes among pupils in England

The Guardian - UK

Film-maker Walter Salles: ‘Cinema, as opposed to noise, used to be at the heart of the Oscars’

The Brazilian director on his Oscar-nominated new film, I’m Still Here, the importance of remembering shared history, and Brazil’s double pandemic

The Guardian - US

Musk’s takeover of US health agencies raises pandemic threat, experts warn

Doge wreaks havoc on HHS and CDC as Trump seeks to grant committee sweeping governmental powers

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