The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A ballot initiative that would have raised taxes on California millionaires and billionaires to fund public health programs and pandemic prevention is dead — at least for this year.

Kate Bingham suggests lessons not learned about need for scientific and commercial expertise in government

The COVID-19 pandemic placed enormous pressure on education systems worldwide. At the peak of the crisis, school closures forced over 1.6 billion learners out of classrooms. This exacerbated a learning crisis that existed before the pandemic, with many children in school but learning very little.

Institutional racism, greed, and a broken global health system are all working against African nations where people are dying from COVID in silence, according to a scathing assessment from one expert.

"Perhaps the pandemic forced us outside again in the fresh air, which isn’t a bad thing"

The pandemic death toll has just passed 200,000 in the UK. Scientists reach for answers but it’s a messy, slow process

Victoria's peak business lobby group say the federal government must make sure pandemic payments don't cripple the economy more than outbreaks would.

Liverpool made a far smaller economic loss than the other clubs in the 'top six' during the two pandemic-affected Premier League seasons

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has put his weight behind Prime Minister Anthony Albanese amid mounting criticism over ending pandemic leave payments.