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Like many mushroom harvesters, I got interested in foraging for fungi during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ON THE GROUND: As rich countries turn their back on foreign aid, the Institut Pasteur in Senegal is preparing the continent to fight deadly diseases that can spread silently across borders. Rachel Schraer reports

Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column

The former prime minister said the Hallett report should be ‘filed vertically’.

Sleep apnea is more than just snoring—it’s a serious medical condition that interrupts breathing during sleep. Seniors are particularly vulnerable, yet many remain undiagnosed. The...

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Covid inquiry’s conclusion that the needless loss of 23,000 lives was due to government decision-making at the start of the pandemic, made worse by the toxic and chaotic leadership of Boris Johnson, has yet to make many leading Tories of the day sufficiently penitent

Editorial: The latest report on the pandemic shows that grave failings were not limited to Boris Johnson. The government needs to prepare for the next crisis

To prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system, asks Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

YOUR VIEWS: Our community largely agreed with the Covid inquiry findings that Boris Johnson’s government was chaotic and poorly prepared, though many also stressed the broader context of conflicting scientific advice, years of underfunding, and systemic failings that compounded the crisis