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California’s public health tax is dead for the year

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.

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UK has missed chances to prepare for future pandemics, says ex-vaccines tsar

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

The Guardian - UK

Why a 2020s rerun of the Roaring Twenties remains wishful thinking

The 1920s also began dismally. But for a fourth industrial revolution to happen, much more has to be done

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Rising costs leading to a 'mental health crisis worse than the pandemic' in Northern Ireland

"It's driving people to a suicidal crisis, where they see no hope for the future and no alternative"

Belfast Live

‘It’s basically impossible’: pandemic backlog leaves learners struggling to sit driving tests

Learner drivers are overpaying to book driving tests and struggling to find teachers as the Covid crisis disrupted lessons for some half a million pupils

The Guardian - UK

Scottish private schools come out of the pandemic £12.3m richer

SCOTLAND’S leading independent schools were worth £12.3 million more in 2021 than they were the previous year, despite the impact of the Covid-19…

The National (Scotland)

Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here's how

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.

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Africa is being left behind as wealthy nations push 4th COVID booster shots

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.

WEKU

The rise of al fresco: How outdoor dining is transforming Belfast's food scene

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

Belfast Live

The best of times, the worst of times... That’s science in the age of Covid

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

The Guardian - UK

COVID support payments must be balanced with debt, Victorian business lobby says

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

ABC News

FSG truth emerges as £1.1bn black hole exposes big difference between Liverpool and rivals

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

Liverpool Echo

Federal Treasurer says calls to apologise over pandemic leave payments are 'ridiculous'

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

ABC News

Businesses struggling to afford increasing rent prices across Melbourne

Businesses across Melbourne are struggling to keep up with high rents and debts accrued during the pandemic, with advocates calling for a national ombudsman to help negotiations between commercial tenants and landlords.

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Of metaverse weddings

The pandemic has given a full shake-up to the traditional ceremony

Tribune News Service

Europe can’t shake off COVID-19 as variant fuels summer spike

It was supposed to be a post-COVID-19 summer in Europe. Masks are gone in most places, and vacation season is in full swing as workers rush for the beaches and cities they missed in the two years marked by the pandemic. But instead, the reality confronting people is that the…

The Hindu

Demand for talents in new technologies on the rise

Digitalisation induced by pandemic situation to open up new opportunities

The Conversation

Albanese government restores pandemic leave payment until September 30, saying COVID wave will peak in August

The Albanese government will reinstate the pandemic leave payment for workers who have to isolate but do not have sick leave, after earlier vigorously defending its ending on budgetary grounds.

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Ex-tsar angry at neglect of pupils in England left behind in pandemic

Sir Kevan Collins says recovery plan may end up little more than ‘a few kids in the corner doing a bit of tutoring’

Liverpool Echo

Rents across Merseyside soar far above pre-pandemic prices

One property expert said: "Rents are likely to continue rising"

AAP

Unions welcome govt's payment backflip

Australian unions support the federal government reversing a decision to end paid COVID-19 pandemic leave.

The Guardian - AU

AMA welcomes Albanese’s decision to extend Covid-19 pandemic leave payments after national cabinet meets

Prime minister says support will continue until the end of September amid winter Covid wave set to peak in August

ABC News

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces reinstatement of emergency COVID-19 pandemic payments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government will reinstate emergency COVID-19 pandemic payments until September 30, on the back of a snap national cabinet meeting.

ABC News

COVID updates: PM says COVID emergency payments will be funded by state and federal governments — as it happened

The government resumes $750 payments, which had ended two weeks ago, to those forced to isolate or care for someone with COVID-19.

Tribune News Service

What you need to know about COVID subvariants BA.5 and BA.2.75

NEW YORK — Although new omicron subvariants are again driving COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, Americans are less inclined to mask up and get boosters because of pandemic burnout. Consequently, it’s a new opportunity for the mutating virus to reinfect the population with a different strain.

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